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Five IPS officers to retire this month
Five IPS officers are retiring this month end in the country. They are Mssrs :-C Ratna Reddy (AP ) V K Joshi (Bihar ) Dhurjati (MT) S.P. Khadgawat (Raj ) Krishna kumar( UP ) .
Will Salman Khursheed re-join UP Congress ?
Will Salman Khursheed Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Minorities Welfare re-join Congress politics in Uttar Pradesh. One can only wait and watch.
Singhvi to join Union Cabinet ?
In the event of Salman Khursheed's joining the UP Politics,Manu Abhishek Singhvi may join Union Cabinet.
Achal Melhotra appointed Ambassador to Armenia
Achal Malhotra, currently Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Vienna, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Armenia.
Vice Admiral Joshi to move to Andaman
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral D K Joshi is moving to Andaman and Nicobar tri-services command as its new Commander.
Subhash Joshi to join GoI ?
Grapevine has it that Uttarakhand DGP Subhash Joshi is joining the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.
Meena is new Joint Secretary Food Processing Industries
Amrit Lal Meena, IAS(Bh:89), has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Bishnoi is new Director SFIO
Anuj Kumar Bishnoi has been appointed Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office(SFIO) (Joint Secretary Level), under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on July 25 )
Garg appointed JS Agriculture
Subhash Chandra Garg has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
( We said this on July 2)
IAS changes in Karnataka
Sandhya Venugopal Sharma will now be Textiles Commissioner. Shamala Iqbal has been made Director of Women and Child Welfare. G C R Subramanian will be member of Karnataka Appellate Tribunal. N Manjula has been posted as CEO, Mysore ZP. D S Vishwanath has been appointed Bagalkot Deputy Commissioner and H G Srivara, Haveri Deputy Commissioner.
IAAS officer Ms. Sudarshana Talapatra promoted
Ms. Sudarshana Talapatra of the 1983 batch of Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IAAS) has been promoted as Principal Accountant General, West Bengal, Kolkata.
Bhavana Saxena is back to AP
Bhavana Saxena who had joined one-year Public Administration Course at Syracuse University without government permission, has reportedly returned to cadre.She is 1996 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Pandey is Director Personnel
G C Pandey has joined as Director in the Department of Personnel. He is 1989 batch CSS officer.
Bakhsi Ram is Deputy Secretary Health
Bakshi Ram has joined as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Healh in the Government of India. He is 1980 batch CSS officer.
P.K.Dhumal as HP CM excels
P.K.Dhumal Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh has excelled well in his endeavour to save environment. Sources close to Dhumal say that the Himachal Pradesh's CM has been able to earn a record number of "carbon credits" in the global arena. This has enabled him to show case Himachal Pradesh in the world as the "pollution free " Indian state, sources added. Dhumal as Chief Minister of this hill state has not only banned use of plastic bags but also distributed CFLs worth Rs.60 crore to save power worth Rs 100 crores.
Rastogi posted as ED Finance
Ajay Kant Rastogi, SAG/IRAS, currently working as FA&CAO/Construction/NCR has been posted to RDSO as ED/Finance
Rajiv Chander to move MEA Hqs
Rajiv Chander DPR posted in Geneva is moving to the Headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs.
Orissa Chief Secretary to retire this month end
Orissa Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy is superannuating by this month end. He is 1973 batch IAS officer.
RLDA constituted
Rail Land Development Authority( RLDA) has been duly constituted .
Former IPS officer is CIC in Assam
Former Assam DGP D.N. Dutt has taken over as the chief information commissioner of Assam.
NBCC posts handsome profit despite recession
In the the 49th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NBCC, a CPSU under the Ministry of Urban Development, chaired by Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, on August 8, 2009 declared the results for the financial year 2008-09. The Company has declared a net profit after tax, of Rs.159.16 Crore against posting of a Total Income of Rs.2044.35 Crore. The Corporation also announced achieving of a gross margin of Rs.246.24 Crore while Net Worth going up to Rs.457.26 Crore. During the AGM the Board of NBCC also declared a Dividend of Rs. 32 Crore to be paid to the Government of India (GOI) for the year 2008-09. Speaking to the shareholders on the occasion, Roy Choudhury informed that though the Corporation had posted a handsome profit this year also, the result remained much below expectations because of the on going recession. He however, assured the shareholders that the coming years would certainly see a quantum improvement in the performance of
NBCC because of its recently changed business strategy focusing heavily upon Residential & Commercial Real Estate, Power & Environmental Sectors. Elaborating upon the Real Estate venture, Roy Choudhury informed that the Corporation would very shortly launch a few schemes of 'Affordable Housing' in NCR and other major cities of the country and added that the upcoming initiatives of NBCC in Real Estate front would certainly provide a solid impetus to the profitability of the Corporation and put it on the track of sustained growth in future.
IRS officer goes on deputation to Punjab
Upon her selection for appointment as Director, Monitoring Finance and Accounts in the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Chandigarh, on deputation basis, the services of Ms. Rachna Singh, Additional CIT, Ajmer, are placed at the disposal of Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Chandigarh, for a period of three years.
Bureaucratic changes likely in Orissa
A minor bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Orissa next week.
13 IPS officers of 1994 batch empanelled
As the grapevine has it, names of 13 IPS officer of the 1994 batch in review have reportedly been cleared for empanelment in Government of India (GOI). They are: Vineet Kumar Goel- WB, Sanjib Panda- OR, Raja Srivastava UP, Deepak Kumar- AM, Ashutosh Kumar Dumdri -MH, Dr. (Mrs.) Purnima Singh- UP, Sujeet Pandey UP, Mrs. Tadasha Mishra- JH, P.C. Damore- RJ, Bhushan Garg- PB, Mrs. Abhilasha Bisht AP, Rajesh Kumar Arya- RJ & B.L. Sujatha Rao - AP.
Corruption takes centre stage in Karnataka
As the B.S. Yediyurappa led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is patting its back over its electoral success in the May 2009 Lok Sabha general elections, the fact remains that corruption and inefficiency is proving to be a bane for the Chief Minister and the party. During whispersinthecorridors.com visit and interactions with the officials, industrialists and intellectuals corruption was the most discussed issue. Discussions in the Karnataka assembly, whose budget session is in progress, also suggests red-tapism and corruption has taken centre stage.
If the recent report compiled by the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank is taken seriously, it seems the end of Bangalore bubble. The report titled 'Doing Business In India 2009'suggests "Bangalore may be India's Silicon Valley or a 'happening city' for the trendy. But it is just not the right destination for international capital." The report - prepared after taking into account various business parameters like economic condition, constructing warehouses, tax structure, obtaining permissions, registering properties and closing business in 17 cities across the country - puts Bangalore in the 13th position and Kolkata last.
Starting a business is possible in the shortest time in Mumbai and UP's Noida - in just 30 days - while in cost terms, it is least expensive in Patna. In Bangalore, it takes 40 days to start business by obtaining all kinds of permissions while in Mumbai it needs just 30 days. Hyderabad takes 33 days and Chennai takes 34 to start an industry.
Bangalore, four years ago, had occupied fourth slot in terms of attracting investments. Now it has slipped to the eighth position as per the CMIE quarterly report of this year. Gujarat tops the list.
Transfers in Railways
BB Sharma has been transferred from Dy. DG (Rail Movement)/RB office to NWR, NK Parashuramka from RB as DTC(Rates) to ER, R Kumar Swami from SER/ECOR to ECOR, GB Dash from SER/ECOR to ECOR, AV Ramana Murty from SER/ECOR to ECOR, Himansu Sharma from SCR to CORE, Surender Goyal from NWR to CLW, Murari Lal from ECR to officiate in JAG, NK Aggarwal from SER to ER, Bhupati Singh from NFR to RE/Secunderabad, MK Chouksey from NFR as CBE on NFR itself and Mrs. Padmakshi Raheja (on return from deputation) to NR in the cadre.
Deep farewell to Gurjit Singh
The Ethiopian and Indian communities in Addis Ababa as well as the diplomatic community have been saying long and deep farewells to Ambassador Gurjit Singh. Gurjit Singh is leaving Addis Ababa to join MEA HQs.He has been Ambassador of India to Ethiopia and Djibouti and the Representative of India to the African Union.

CORPORATE
Capt. Rajesh Anand is ED(Operations) in Air India
ED (Operations & Training) in Air India, Capt. Rajesh Anand, will now look after the duties and responsibilities of ED (Operations). He will look after the operations of entire NACIL and training of NACIL. .
Ms Guha is new CVO of HCL
Ms Srabani Guha has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in the Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), Kolkata under the Ministry of Mines. She is 1986 batch IES officer.
IPS officer Pradeep Gupta appointed CVO of MOIL
Pradeep Gupta has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Manganese Ores India Limited (MOIL), Nagpur He is 1995 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre

Aaj Ki Aawaz
A humongous quantity of pulses rot in Kolkata Port !!!!
Pawar says to meet shortfall import of Pulses and Sugar Sarkaar will have to resort!!!
60,000 tonnes of pulses which include 6000 t. Arhar Dal and 4000 t. of Urad Dal!!!
And in the Port Pulses ka hai boora haal!!
And these Pulses were imported with public money.....Pawar wants to import more!!
When Pawar does something its for his own interest goes the folklore!!
Why have the pulses not been cleared….. pyhtosanitary inspector is on long leave???
So very difficult to believe!!!
In the meantime both Urad and Arhar Dal prices have reached sky high!!!
Even the middle class thinks twice before these Dals they buy!!
So there is a reason why in the Port the Pulses rot!!!
Very rich one politician, officials and middlemen have got!!!
Pawar is more concerned about Air India and less about the rampant inflation!!!
And the inflation is single handedly his creation!!
Air India …. his chela Praful Patel is out of his mind!!!
Some time back low cost Airlines as 'wrong for the Industry' he did find!!!
Now he says Air India should also evolve a low cost arm to generate cash flow!!
Knowing Air India with such an arm there will be more funds ka outflow!!!
How can an 'operationally grossly overweight' Airline run a low cost arm?????
It's like a ritzy loss making restaurant saying that to cover costs it's going to farm!!!
Praful refuses to cancel the Boeing orders which could prevent Air India from crashing!!!
And signal that Air India could crash if help is not given Pawar is flashing!!
Air India has to reduce its operation weight and turn passenger friendly!!!
Operation weight it's the worst and is an Airline that is most passenger unfriendly!!!
It's grossly overstaffed……. very heavy at the top!!!
Posting Directors in Countries needs to stop!!!
If Air India is to be saved Praful and Pawar should be kept away from it!!!!
Because as many see it Air India's pyre both have lit!!!
Buta Singh's Humpty Dumpty has got bail and is out of jail!!
He could be spoilt by hardened criminals in jail is the reason given for his bail!!!!
I feel he's been let out because it was feared he'll eat up other inmates food!!!!!
And could create a riot with his 'under the belt jokes' when in 'the mood'!!!!
How can Humpty Dumpty be spoiled ….. he can give tutorials to the rotten ones????
People who know Buta's sons will vouch ' you can expect anything form Buta's sons'!!!
Sushma Swaraj says Advani will be Leader of Opposition for entire term of this Lok Sabha!
And I'm sure many will be saying equivalent ' Hai Rabha' (Oh! God)!!
But to me it seems Sushma is just playing her cards right!!!
On Leader of Opposition's post she's set her sight!!!
She's keeping Advani happy!!!!
And hopes he'll side with her when for the Leader of Opposition's Post things get scrappy!
And if by chance Rajnath is able to grab this post!!!!
BJP will in coming times regret this the most!!!
On Swine Flu Government says 'relax we are ready'!!!!
And fact is to tackle Swine Flu Sarkaar is unready!!!
It's got no plan in place and is just taking it one day at a time!!!!!
Its well known for Indians Sarkaar basically does not care a dime!!!
Of course AIIMS VVIP Ward has a game plan in place in case a VVIP gets swine flu!
Other Wards in AIIMS or Government Hospitals don't even have a clue!!!
Tamiflu should be made available 'over the counter'!!!
The only known drug with which afflicted disease ko karr sakthe hai counter!!!
Why is Sarkaar allowing the unscrupulous lot to make a killing with this drug???
Really Sarkaar's mishandling does bug!!!
Imagine a Swine Flu test costs Rs. 10,000 … only the rich can get tested!!!
The rest will be told 'no test'…. go home ,lock yourself up and get rested!!!
If things get bad then come to the nearest Sarkaari Hospital and get admitted!!!
Only very bad cases into Hospital wards will be permitted!!!
Confucius says….. seems our Health Minister feels swine flu could be a boon!!
Solve India 's overpopulation problem soon!!
Adds.... and Congress is wrong if it feels India is safe from swine flu!!!
Because out of India some time back Amar Sing flew!!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Harbringer of good days for Central Secrectariat Service officers
CSS Officers would be pleased to know that their painful waiting for regularization in US grade would be over now. DPC for Selection List 2003 has already taken place and the list would be notified very soon. This will pave the way not only for promotion to DS but also smoothen path for completing the exercise for preparing remaining Select Lists. There are about 170 vacancies in US grade which would be filled soon resulting in percolating vacancies in all the lower grades. This has been possible due to continuous efforts of CSS Forum, particularly recent meetings of its representatives with the MOS(Personnel). CSS Forum, as always, will strive to ensure that the recommendations of the Cadre Review Committee are implemented at the earliest.
Downgrading of pay scale of Assistants is a scornful attempt to downgrade the CSS Service which is not at all acceptable to CSS Forum and the Forum is sincerely committed to its up-gradation and all possible efforts are being made in this direction as a result of which, hopefully, there would be a break through soon. CSS Forum works for safeguarding the interests of all the grades of the Service. Unity is Strength is the hall mark of all the activities undertaken by the Forum.
Subhash Chand Khatri
President, CSS Section Officers Association and Representative, CSS Forum
It smells of fish frying somewhere
After his deputy Praful made a mess of the plan on Air India and helping the private airlines, now Pawar himself has made an out of the way comment to DNA newspaper saying: "Private airline companies will collapse in the next three months if aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices and airport taxes are not reduced". As agriculture minister he has only succeeded so far in ensuring that food prices hit the roof whereas certain elements make money. The fact that he has jumped into matters which do not concern him, smells of fish frying somewhere.
M.Ashar
Mumbai
Practical solution to many ills of India
I was glad to read Vision for India by MN Tewari, the suggestions made by him are remarkable and practical solution to many ills of India. But the difficulty is will civil servant and topiwalas (politicians) ever implement it in letter and spirit. By the time it is implemented it would be modified in such a way that the very shape of scheme would abruptly change and lose its identity. In addition to this if India really needs to prosper and become a super power following additional steps are required: (1) All currency notes more than Rs 50 note should be banned and a months time frame be given to all Indian citiznes for deposit of these currency notes into the Bank account, no questions asked. This would solve fake notes problem in one go and there would be more liquidity of the money through Banking Channels The high currency notes should not be started again(2) Black money abroad should be brought to India and with the understanding that no questions will be asked as was done in 1992 for about six months. (3) The money so received should be used for (a) Energy production (b)Industrialization of India (c) upliftment of Kisan with more stress on modern agricultural development of India through cooperatives, Amul is an example to that effect (d) employment oriented education for all (e) Unique Identification No which is already in pipeline, hope every Indian gets in next 3 years (f) Infrastructure development for whole of India including villages. (g) Last but not the least is that it should be compulsory for every student after Schooling (10 +2) to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police or any disciplined service for minimum period of 2 (Two) years whereafter he or she can join the college. This should be a precondition for admission into college. Alternatively the student should work for two years in any hospital, drive the ambulance or work for an NGO whereafter he can only the join the college. This would imbibe disciple and national character in students and the coming generation. This scheme is prevalent in many of the most advanced countries. I am sure if all these actions are taken honestly and collectively, India would be a superpower very soon.
Harish Kumar