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S C Sinha to be Special Director CBI this month
S C Sinha is being promoted to the rank of Special Director in the CBI this month. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
Amitabh Kant is MD and CEO of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridors
Amitabh Kant has been appointed MD and CEO of the Government of India's ambitious project -Delhi -Mumbai Industrial Corridors. 198o batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre Kant is presently Principal Secretary and Special Commissioner Industries Kerala Government. This project comes under the Ministry of Industries.
Parbati Sen Vyas re-deployed in MEA
Mrs Parbati Sen Vyas (IFS 1975) has been re-deployed in MEA as Secretary (ER). She was earlier Special Secretary of the Public Diplomacy Division.
Mishra is returning to parent IDAS
Joint Secretary (HAL) in the Ministry of Defence S N Mishra is going back to the parent IDAS.It means there will now be new JS (HAL).
Why Mamta Didi is angry with K.B.L. Mittal ?
Why Indian Railway Minister Ms. Mamta Banerjee is irked with K.B.L. Mittal, Secretary of the Railway Board? This question is hotly being discussed in the Railway Ministry. It is an open secret that Mittal had a very close rapport with previous Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
35 Jt. Secr level officials required for UID Commissioner's posts
As many as 35 Joint Secretary level IAS officials are required to be posted as Commissioners in UID Authority of India. They will be posted in each state capital and union territory.
Deputations in all Rly PSUs cancelled
The Union Railway Minister Ms. Mamta Banerjee has cancelled all deputations in the PSUs of Railways.
A.K. Malhotra to be CGM in NHAI
A.K. Malhotra on central deputation has been appointed as Chief General Manager (CGM) with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). He an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1977batch who belongs to the Jharkhand.
Delhi hotels bracing up for Commonwealth games
Delhi based hotels are bracing themselves up for next year's Commonwealth Games. Of them Le Meridien hotel has taken the lead.
R.P. Upadhyaya likely to join ED
As the grapevine has it, R.P. Upadhyaya whose deputation to Enforcement Directorate (ED) was cleared is now likely to join in the ED. He is an IPS officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the UT cadre'
A K Basu unlikely to get extension
Jharkhand Chief Secretary A K Basu is unlikely to get extension in service. 1976 batch IAS officer Basu is scheduled to retire on August 31.
IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
In a bureaucratic reshuffle senior level IAS officers were shifted by the Madhya Pradesh Govenment while Mrs. Ivy M.Chahal of 1976 batch was promoted as Additional Chief Secretary & elevated as DG TRAI. Others who have been transferred were:Rakesh Bansal President Board of Revenue (PBR) to Chairman MP Board of Secondary Education, Dilip Mehra President Board of Revenue (PBR) Gwalior, O.P.Rawat Principal Secretary (PS) Tribal Welfare to Vice Chairman Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA), M.K.Roy PS Bakward Classes Welfare to Chairman Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal (Professional Examination Board), R. Parshuram on his return from deputation to PS Panchayat & Rural Development, Rajan Katoch PS Transport,Jail & Parliamentary Affairs got additional charge of the Home Department, I.S.Dani PS Rural Development to PS Agriculture, Pravesh Sharma PS Agriculture to PS Backward Classes Welfare, S.R.Mohanty Managing Director Tribal Finance Corporation to Secretary Health & Devraj Virdi PS Health to PS Tribal Welfare.
Asgar Ali likely to return to J & K
As the grapevine has it, Asgar Ali, IAS, 1990 batch, J&K cadre, is
likely to return to his parent cadre. Presently posted as Director,
Naxal Management, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on central deputation
to GOI.
IAAS officer Roy S Mathrani promoted
Roy S. Mathrani of the 1983 batch of Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IAAS) has been promoted as Director General, Central Receipt Audit, New Delhi.
Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) at IIPA
There are three seats for nine months Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (A at IIPA, New Delhi).
Ashok to be Member of TRAI
R Ashok is being tipped to be new Member of the TRAI. He is presently Financial Advisor in the Telecom Ministry.
Sisodia is Director HRD
R P Sisodia has joined as Director Higher Education in the Ministry of HRD. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Rajiv Kumar is now CVO EPF Organisation
Rajiv Kumar has joined as CVO of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation. He is 1981 batch IPS officer.
P.K.Dev poised to be PS Education in Rajasthan
As the grapevine has it P.K.Dev who returned from ADB more than three weeks ago to his parent cadre of Rajasthan is tipped to be Principal Secretary (PS) Education in Rajasthan. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch. Orders in this regard are expected shortly.
Manish Bhardwaj is Director Census in Gujarat
Manish Bhardwaj on central deputation has become Director Census for Gujarat. So far he was Director Technical Education. He is an IAS officer of the 1997 batch & belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
T.Nagrajan gets additional charge in Gujarat
T.Nagrajan IG Registration to Gujarat Government has been given additional charge of Director Technical Education. He is an IAS officer of the 1996 batch & belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Vacancy of Counsellor (Services) in PMI, WTO, Geneva to arise in Nov
Officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary/Director of the Government of
India or equivalent level may apply for the vacancy of Counsellor (Services) in the
Permanent Mission of India (PMI), WTO, Geneva which is likely to arise on November 21, 2009.
Lt Gen Kumar is head of Army hospital
Lieutenant General Naresh Kumar has taken over as the new Commandant of the Army Hospital.
12 IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh provided senior scale
As many as 12 IAS officers of 1996 batch in Madhya Pradesh have been provided senior scale. They are DP Ahuja, Nitesh Kumar Vyas, Faiz Ahmad Kidwai, Sanjiv Kumar Jha, Amit Rathore, Umakant Umrao, Mrs. Kerelin Khengwar Deshmukh, Vijay Anand Kuril, Dr. GK Saraswat, Rajkumar Pathak, Jagdish Sharma and RA Khandelwal. Out of these five of them have got Additional Secretary grade. Accordingly, Amit Rathore Deputy Secretary (Finance) will now be Additional Secretary (Finance) and Rajkumar Pathak, Deputy Secretary (Home) will now be Additional Secretary (Home).
Major reshuffle in Air India There is major reshuffle of the officers in the Air India.
Pandey is new CVO of Warehousing Corporation
Vineet Pandey has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC). He will replace Y.P. Rai, IPoS(84) who will be completing his deputation tenure on September 1.Pandey is 1986 batch IPoS officer.
Meghalya DGP proceeds on leave
Meghalaya DGP Anil Pradhan has proceeded on two months leave. He is 1976 batch IPS officer. B Kezo will be acting DGP.
Harjot Kaur is CVO of BIS
Ms Harjot Kaur has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), New Delhi. She is 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
PNB & HMT join hands for sale of tractors
Punjab National Bank (PNB) and HMT Limited signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Delhi on August 3, 2009 to promote financing of HMT Tractors. The MOU was inked by Gobinda Banerjee General Manager PNB and Atol Kumar Srivastava General Marketing Manager, HMT Ltd. in the presence of M.V. Tanksale Executive Director, PNB, Nagesh Pydah Executive Director, PNB and Prakash Sharan Executive Director Tractors, HMT Ltd. Under the tie-up, HMT Dealers will extend discount of Rs. 4,000/- on each HMT Tractor financed by PNB.. In addition to this HMT Ltd. will also provide a cash incentive of Rs. 4,000/-, which will be credited to farmer's loan account. PNB shall be extending finance to eligible farmers on priority basis for purpose of buying HMT tractor. Speaking on the occasion, M.V. Tanksale, Executive Director informed that PNB being number one amongst the nationalized banks has contributed significantly in agricultural lending to the farmers of all
categories. The bank has been consistently above the National Goal of 18% of agriculture credit to the net bank credit. Today's MOU is a step in furtherance to PNB's efforts for benefitting the farmers. It is expected that the association will not only facilitate expansion of tractor advances but the quality of lending will also be maintained. Gobinda Banerjee said that the arrangement shall provide an opportunity to the field functionaries to promote tractor financing as farmers will get twin benefit, a discount of Rs. 4000/- on the tractor financed through bank and Rs. 4000/- as an incentive. He also expressed confidence that HMT Ltd with its ambitious plans to increase its market share in tractor industry will get leverage from the tie-up with a Bank like Punjab National Bank which has a large network of branches across the country. Speaking on the occasion, Prakash Sharan said that HMT manufactures tractors from 25 HP to 75 HP in its plant
at Pinjore in Haryana and the tie-up with PNB would help HMT further reach its customer base across the country, given the wide network of PNB, especially in the rural areas. He said that all HMT Tractors meet the stringent emission norms and are backed by quality after sales service through a wide network of HMT dealers. Sharan informed that HMT is introducing a couple of new models within the next few months. Atol Kumar Srivastava, General Marketing Manager, HMT Ltd. observed that the initial business projection of 2000 tractors under the tie-up arrangement during 2009-10 should help HMT in expanding its base and benefit the Bank also in increasing the agriculture credit portfolio. Both the signatories are optimistic that the arrangement will supplement the efforts of PNB and HMT Limited in serving the farming community in a befitting manner for improving farm operations efficiency and further boosting modernization of Indian agriculture.
LIC's new scheme for direct marketing
Life Insurance Corporation of India of which CMD is T.S.Vijayan has come out with yet another initiative of direct marketing. It has been observed that in the severally under-tapped Indian Insurance Market, competition has done something good i.e. creating awareness about need for taking Life Insurance Policy. Till now the concept was that Life Insurance is only sold and not bought. But changing economic scenario has changed the age old concept too.With the awareness about Life Insurance products having gone up, customers are not only asking for Life Insurance products, they are also clear which category of products they are interested in. In particular, a huge demand is observed in children products, pension products and health products. All these products being available with market linked returns makes them more attractive.Demand for Life Insurance products has further gained momentum due to volatility in the stock market, real estate and even gold.
Customers who are looking for safety of capital, steady growth and long term investment to meet specific financial goals of their life are turning to Life Insurance.In the current scenario, the confidence of customers is further strengthened in Public Sector.Looking to the trends, confidence of the customer in LIC and surge in demand for LIC products, LIC has launched its Direct Marketing Channel.
Alok Mishra to take charge as CMD, Bank of India
Alok Mishra Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) will assume charge as CMD Bank of India on August 5,2009 .
(We said this on April 6,21 & June 17,2009)
Delhi region CITs to be shifted shortly
As the grapevine has it local transfers of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) belonging to the Delhi region will be issued late tonight or latest by evening of August 5, 2009
Appointments of other CMDs cleared by FM
As the grapevine has it appointments of CMDs to different public sector banks have been cleared by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Appointments of other EDs cleared by FM
As the grapevine has it appointments of EDs to different public sector banks have been cleared by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

CORPORATE
K.K. Gupta is ED Retail in BPCL
K.K. Gupta who so was earlier Executive Director (ED) LPG in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is now ED Retail.
New CFO of Spice-Jet
Seema Chandra has taken over as chief financial officer of SpiceJet.
Sanak Mishra elected President
Sanak Mishra has been elected president of the Indian Institute of Metals.
Two Dy GMs promoted in Corporation Bank
Two Deputy General Managers of Corporation Bank Kundapur Giridhar Shenoy and B. Lakshmi Narayana have been promoted as General Managers.
A K Srivastava is new CMD of NALCO
A K Srivastava has been appointed new CMD of the NALCO. He is presently CMD of the Cement Corporation of India.
B C Tripathi is new CMD of GAIL
B C Tripathi has taken over as the new Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL (India).He has succeded U D Choubey who retired on July 31.
( We said this on January 14 and again on January 17 )
SAIL's special bus for differently abled
In its endeavour to contribute to the welfare and mainstreaming of differently-abled children, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in Delhi on August 3, 2009 donated a bus equipped with training aids to Deepalaya, one of Delhi's largest operational NGO working in the areas of education, health, gender equality, vocational training, etc. SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta flagged off the bus in the presence of Secretary & Chief Executive, Deepalaya T.K. Mathew, Director (Personnel)/SAIL G. Ojha, Director (Finance)/SAIL Soiles Bhattacharya and other senior officials from Ispat Bhavan, Delhi.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
This is Mulayam's Samaajwaad!!!
In the garb of Samjwaad Punjiwaad!!!
UP's facing a drought but Mulayam is least bit bothered or is he running scared of Maya?
Or is it possible that Anil's gas woes have brought about in him a feeling of dayaa!!!
The gas post the wellhead is RIL's …Gas Utilization Policy has to be followed!!
But Mulayam alleges to favor RIL a lot of ghoos Deora has swallowed!!!
There are approximately five different rates charged for Gas...... why????
Because post the well head at what price the seller sells the buyer has to buy!!
Commies would love if the Sarkaar takes on gas distribution!!!
Because this would mean India would face from overseas investors 'retribution'!!
India does policy flip flops message will be sent!!
The signal that will go out is India is not stable for investment!!!
And didn't Mulayam favor Anil by giving him the Dadri Power Plant on a platter????
But Mulayam seems to have forgotten this matter!!!
Mulayam should change his Party's name to Punjiwaad Party!!!
Party motto…. stand up for the rich during the day and at night with them we party!!
And seems 'foreign' education has done Junior Mulayam no good!!!!!
Spirit of a Goonda cannot be 'exorcised' by 'foreign education' needs to be understood!!
Maya is the modern day Marie Antoinette … but its not cakes in lieu of bread!!!
When hunger pangs strike she seems to say my statues will ensure that all are fed!!
The only way I think this can happen if the hungry get her bronze statues smelted!!!
Sell the bronze and then maybe they hunger pangs could be 'melted'!!!
Mulayam is too busy with Anil's gas woes to take a note of UP's drought!!!
He seems to be Anil's rep in Parliament out and out!!
Had he been the people's rep he would be worried about drought and inflation!!
But seems for him Anil is the Nation!
Judges assets are not Secrets of the State….. no two Laws is a must!!!
In fact Judges assets not being declared would be unjust!!!
These Holy Cows need to introspect….. and its well known the rot has set in!!!
In fact Judges not being transparent when it comes to themselves is a cardinal sin!!!
Buta Singh should be sacked….. why the delay!!!
As per the allegations he was helping a person jiss ne kiya Dalits ko waylay!!
And he says he's a principled Congressman!!!
On Buta calling himself a Congressman Congress should enforce a ban!!
Though Buta says Sweety is lovely!!!
And says Lovely is sweety…… his other son's name is Lovely!!
Advani's think tank now is selling a new story….. State elections will see Advani's rise!
Whereas his detractors say there is no more place to cut him to size!!
Advani's blog is stuck in time …… what can he say?????
But now he may resume with this State elections hope ki ray!!
Though I feel BJP will not gain in the upcoming State polls!!!!
I do not see any reversal of roles!!!
Why are our cricketers objecting to WADA……WADA is needed????
Because 'no drugs' demand of Sporting Bodies Sportsmen have not heeded!!
Such a law is needed to eradicate drugs from sports!!!!
And some of our cricketers do enjoy hash in parties as per reports!!

Though the hash is smoked hush hush and insiders say its done here and overseas!
Maybe vide this law this 'hashing' will cease!!

Confucius says….. our cricketers objecting to this law is showing our cricketers in bad light!!!
Never fight something that tries to set matters right!!
Bharat Kumar

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This job be given to Professionals
Despite Circular issued by DOPT, no one has happily opted to work under Nandan Nilkeni the new chief of Unique Identification Nos. I would suggest this job should be given to Professionals with a time frame to complete this job. The professionals with requisite background be recruited as Consultants on contract basis and with fixed retainership. The other option is recruit them at Joint Secretary Level on contract basis. They will have to paid salaries comparable to Private Sector so that there is real delivery at the end of the day. If this job is entrusted to the civil servants they will certainly make a mockery of things as usual.
Harish Kumar
Delhi scam! Will Rahul intervene?
It is understood RG and MPs of UP want a Bundelkhand auth! Guess RG should first review DDA, MCD . And see
Let me elaborate
1. Worst case of master plan violations in India
2. Encroachment of roads n parks are rampant. 2010 games are around yet there is no progress in widening of roads or removal of encroachment e.g Andheria More to Mahipalpur .
3. Look at any DDA cly, such as C-9 block of Vasant Kunj. At this point there are 7 major unauthorised construction going on with connivance of police, DDA and MCD. Similar fate in other colonies
4. Non functional traffic signals and police is focussed only on challaning offenders
5. No effort to restore the ridge. Our lungs n future . The encroachments continue
6. On paper green cover has gone up by 4 or 5 %, let someone do an audit n see how untrue it is
7. No Efforts made to educate children on clean environment. Even the 10 year old campaign for cracker free Diwali has fizzled out
8.no effort made to make green building / 4 star GRIHA rating compulsory
The list goes on
Radha
Social Security number is required for India too
I am working as CCIT, Delhi-XIII and offer my services for the UID project as I sincerely feel that a number like 'social security number' as used in USA is required for India too without delay. My offer is however subject to approval from the competent authority/GOI.
R Bharadwaj
Let's be fair !
I have been reading this site for a long time and have found it to be quite interesting. If anyone finds the details of posting etc. not to one's liking, there is no need to visit the site. As regards comments by readers, I do not see how they can be attributed to the editor of the site. Perhaps the writer who commented about this may himself by writing under a pseudonym. Anyways, writing under pseudonyms is no crime but to attribute certain readers' views as being that of the editor is completely wrong. Today another person has written in favour of Menon. Would that be considered as the editor's view writing under another name?
R Swami
Why can't people like Buta singh gracefully walk out of public offices?
Buta Singh is an old man but insists on clinging to public life. It's amazing that India-a young nation has to take the services of old and ailing men, instead of retiring them from public life. Why can't people like Buta singh gracefully walk out of public offices? Well public service means eating out of the public exchequer.
Virika
No proof of political interference in CBI's functioning
Investigation against Buta Singh's son is ample proof that there is no political interference with the CBI's functioning. One hopes that the CBI is equally professional in the defence deals entered into during the NDA regime, where again the high and mighty are being investigated by the premier agency.
Vijay Kumar