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Bureaucratic reshuffle on back burner
As the grapevine has it, bureaucratic reshuffle at the Centre has been put on the back burner. Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh after his return from the US is reportedly according priority to Governors' appointments & cabinet reshuffle.
Who will call the shots in the New Year ?
Who will call the shots in the New Year as far as the appointment of the next Petroleum Secretary and the next Revenue Secretary are concerned? Will it be the Cabinet Secretary and PMO or the the country's most powerful business house currently fighting a   no holds barred litigation in the Supreme Court. Reliance and the Ambanis have always left no stone upturned in the appointment of secretaries to these two postings both of which are the lifeline to its oil and gas and other businesses . Its current favourite for the Petroleum job is Murli Deora's bridge playing partner Special Secretary S. Sundaresan. But the powers that be may shift Sundaresan to replace Revenue Secretary P.V.Bhide on February 1, to signal that while Ambani may propose PMO will dispose. If Sundaresan's role in the Ambani brothers gas fight leads to collateral damage his move to North Block that may upset Pranab Mukherjee's who wants to bring in West Bengal cadre officer Sunil Mitra, currently disinvestment secretary for this key job in his Ministry. Of course because of the budget there is every possibility that following tradition Bhide would be given a three month extension.
Shyaml Sarkar to be Additional Secretary
Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel Dr Shyamal Kumar Sarkar is being promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India this week.1979 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer Dr Sarkar will succeed Vibha Puri who has taken over as Secretary Higher Education in the Government of India.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra takes over RGF’s reigns
Ms. Priyanka Gandhi Wadhra has taken over the reigns of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation(RGF).
Gyanendra Badgaiyan joins MIT-Harvard Economists
Gyanendra Badgaiyan's decision to leave Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) was taken more than five months ago so that he could head the South Asia operations of a group of MIT-Harvard economists who carry out policy evaluations around the world. This work is more in keeping with his academic background which includes M.Phil in economics from Cambridge and a PhD from Princeton. Ms Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's taking of an executive role in RGF is not related to his leaving and in any case, it happened after his decision to leave
Pressure for elevation of 1979 batch of IAS
As the grapevine has it, there is a pressure for posting of those empanelled IAS officers in Government of India (GOI) who belong to the 1979 batch.
Cabinet Secretary in favour of clearing 1978 batch of IAS officers
As the grapevine has it, Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar is in favour first finishing with posting of those empanelled IAS officers in Government of India (GOI) who belong to the 1978 batch.
Official list of 1977 batch IPS officers empanelled for ADG post
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the
empanelment of following 1977 batch Indian Police Service officers for
appointment to the posts of Additional Director General of Police or equivalent at the Centre. Those who have been empanelled are Ajay Chadha (AGMU), S S Dayal (MH), C M Ravindran (SK), D S Manhas (HP), Abhay Anand (BH), Kanwaljit Deol (AGMU), Omendra Bhardwaj (RJ), Prakash Mishra (OR), Subhas Goswami (AM), A Sivasankar (AP), M K Devrajan (RJ), Bhim Sain Bassi (AGMU), Vageesh Mishra (WB), Brij Mohan Saraswat (UP), Anil Pradhan (AM), K R Shyam Sundar (TN), Umesh Kumar (AP), Shafi Alam (BH), K B Gokulchandran (MH), V K Gupta (GJ), Gouri Shankar Rath (JH), V Narayanan (BH), Rajender Singh (WB), S Jayaraman (WB), Alok Srivastava (AP), Arun Choudhary (BH), V N Rai (HY), S Balaji (UP), Arvind Ranjan (KL), Nawal Kishore Singh (WB), K Nityanandam (GJ), Shashi Kant (PB), J C Dabas (MT), S A Ibrahim (MP), P K Mehta (HY), P N Dixit (MH), S K Saikia (GJ), Brij Lal (UP), V K Panwar (MP), A S Khan (AGMU), Jyoti Trehan (PB) and Prem Singh (AM).
Shantanu Consul to hold additional charge
Shantanu Consul Secretary Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT) will hold additional charge of Secretary Public Grievances & Administrative reforms in the wake of Ms. Rajni Razdan having retired on November 30, 2009. Consul is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre. Ms. Rajni Razdan is an IAS officer of the 1973 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.
Macheria gets Bank fraud cell in CBI
Newly appointed Joint Director in the CBI Santosh Macheria has been given charge of bank fraud cell. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
( We said this on November 9 )
JP Dange is new Maharashtra Chief Secretary
JP Dange, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Revenue to Maharashtra Government, is new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra. He has succeeded Johny Joseph whose extended tenure in service concluded on November 30, 2009. Dange is 1973 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre.
( We said this on November 26 )
Who will be Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh ?
Who will succeed Rakesh Sahni as Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh on February 1. Infact, one dozen IAS officers are the contenders.
Swadheen Kshatriya to be new Commissioner, MCGM
Swadheen Kshatriya Principal Secretary (PS) in the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Secretariat has been posted new Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). The slot had fallen vacant in the wake of J. M. Phatak going to Government of India (GOI) as Additional Secretary Rural Development & Panchayati. Kshatriya is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre who belongs to the 1980 batch.
(We said this on October 25 & November 11, 2009)
B R Saraf is number two in the panel
B R Saraf of the NHPC has reportedly been put number two in the panel prepared by the PESB for the post of Director (Civil) Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam.
Johny Joseph to be Up Lok Ayukta in Maharashtra
Johny Joseph who retired as Chief Secretary to Maharashtra Government on November 30, 2009 has been appointed as Up-Lokayukta in Maharashtra. He is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre who belongs to the 1972 batch.
A.K.Jain is new PS to Maharashtra Chief Minister
A.K Jain Principal Secretary (PS) Water Supply & Sanitation Department, Government of Maharashtra will be new PS to Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre. Meanwhile, Ramesh Kumar was assigned additional charge of revenue and forest.
Gopalkrishnan is in NHPC Board
A Gopalkrishnan has been appointed part-time non-official Director on the Board of the NHPC for three years.
VK Jairath joins on board of Bharat Forge
VK Jairath, former Industries Secretary to Maharashtra government, who had sought voluntary retirement (VR) has joined on board of the Bharat Forge of which Chairman is noted industrialist Baba Kalyani. Jairath, an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, belongs to the 1982 batch.
IAS changes in TamilNadu
Rajeev Ranjan has been appointed Industries Secretary. V.K. Jeyakodi, Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Technical Education, has been posted as Principal Secretary, Commercial Taxes
Shourjo Chatterjee posted as Director (DT-II) in CAG office
Shourjo Chatterjee, Director (Hqr) in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Air Force and Navy, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Director (DT-II) in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
Ms. Archana Singh Katiyar shifted to Planning commission
Ms. Archana Singh Katiyar has been shifted to the Planning Commission as a Director.  She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre. Hitherto, she was DIG in the rural Development (RD) Ministry of Government of India (GOI).
Indu Kumar Pandey to retire soon
Indu Kumar Pandey, present Chief Secretary of the Uttarakhand state, may retire early, though officially he is due to retire on December 31,2009. He is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.
CCI’s maiden decision soon
As the grapevine has it, maiden judgement by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) being headed by Dhanendra Kumar is expected shortly.
IRS officers’ transfer policy by January 2010
As the grapevine has it, next year’s transfer policy for Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers will be out by January 2010.
Shaikh Farid is Director Fisheries in Kerala
Shaikh Farid, an IAS officer, on return from his training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Dehradun, has assumed the charge as Director Fisheries to the Kerala Government.
Vice Admiral Dhowan takes over as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Vice Admiral Robin Dhowan, AVSM, YSM who was the Commandant of the prestigious National Defence Academy has taken over as the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff on Monday.
Sinha gets ACS rank in Gujarat
B K Sinha has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Gujarat. He is 1975 batch IAS officer.
Six Grade I CSS officers posted as Dy Secr
As many as six Grade I (Under Secretary) officers of CSS have been posted as Deputy Secretary of CSS on regular basis. They are A Dhanalaxmi (Steel), Jacinta Jose (Shipping), SS Ahluwalia (Agriculture and Cooperatives), DK Banerjee (Water Resources), Ms. Sunita (Tribal Affairs) and PK Santra (UPSC).
IRPS changes
While Hafiz Muhammad will join as Deputy CPO Con SECR and Prafulla Bhatnagar as Senior DPO NGP SECR, Shakeer Hussain has joined as Senior DPO BSP, Rajendra Agrawal as Deputy CPO Gaz SECR, T Lakra who has been promoted has joined as Deputy CPO HQ SECR and Surya Prakash who has been released is waiting for posting in NWR.
Banerjee takes over as Secretary DAE
Srikumar Banerjee has taken over as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), on Monday from Anil Kakodkar.
Lt Gen Marwah takes over
Lieutenant General Naresh Chandra Marwah has taken over on Monday from Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as the General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps of the Army,
( We said this on November 14 )
Lt Gen Sapru retires
Lt Gen TK Sapru, GOC, Western Command has retired on Monday after 40 illustrious years of service.
IAS changes in Gujarat
BC Chaudhary, DDO, Narmada will now be joint secretary, sports and culture. PL Darbar has been made additional secretary, water resources and RR Chauhan as additional secretary, food and civil supplies.
Som gets super-time scale in Gujarat
C V Som has been given super-time scale in Gujarat. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

TOP BUREAUCACY- Scenerio (1)

Home Secretary G K Pillai retires today

Home Secretary to the Government of India (GOI) G K Pillai retires today on attaining the age of 60. It’s a tenure post and now officially he will retire only on December 1,2010.This makes it clear that on December1,2009 G K Pillai will not be entitled for the post of Cabinet Secretary.
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Nair may go as Governor
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister T K Nair may go as Governor of an important State.

TOP BUREAUCRACY- Scenerio (3)

Chandrasekhar may replace Nair as PS to PM

Though ,Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar retires in June,2010,Chandrasekhar may replace Nair as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. Chandrasekhar is an IAS officer of the 1970 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

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Ms. Sudha Pillai maybe new Cabinet Secretary

Ms.Sudha Pillai by virtue of her being the seniormost serving officer may be appointed new Cabinet Secretary in December or January. Ms Pillai is an IAS officer of the 1972 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre. Presently she is posted in the Planning Commission. If she is appointed Cabinet Secretary then she will retire in January 2011. Officially she retires on May 1 , 2010 . If she is made Cabinet Secretary, then only one odd thing that goes against her is that her husband G.K. Pillai is Indian Home Secretary and he will have to work in her sub ordination.

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Pande’s goodwill may earn him post of Cabinet Secretary

Next to Ms Sudha Pillai, seniormost serving IAS officer of her batch is Petroleum Secretary R S Pande who was denied post of Defence Secretary in August 2009 . Goodwill of this 1972 batch Nagaland cadre IAS officer may push him to the post of the Cabinet Secretary. If he is appointed Cabinet Secretary he will retire only on February 1,2012.

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Ramachandran may be appointed Cabinet Secretary

Officially Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar retires in June 2010.When he retires then seniormost serving IAS officer will be Secretary Urban Development M. Ramachandran. Being the seniormost IAS officer Ramachandran may be appointed Cabinet Secretary. If appointed 1971 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer Ramachandran will retire only in June 2012.

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Thomas may be considered for the post of Cabinet Secretary

Finally road stops at Sanchar Bhawan.Being the seniormost serving 1973 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre P J Thomas may be considered for the post of Cabinet Secretary in June 2010 .Officially he retires on January 31,2011.

CORPORATE
Narendra Modi to launch work for Joint venture of Bharat Forge & Alstom
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is going to lay the foundation stone of India’s largest and the most modern power equipment manufacturing facility at Mundra port on December 4, 2009. The plant being built by a joint venture between Bharat Forge of India and Alstom of France, both multinationals, is expected to have an investment of Rs. 2500 crore. This plant will manufacture subcritical, supercritical, ultra super critical & nuclear turbines and generators from 300 MW up to 1650 MW range. The plant will have annual capacity of 5000 MW in the first phase.
Axis Bank’s retail business ED resigns
Hemant kaul (53), Executive Director, Axis Bank’s retail business, for the past five years has resigned to take over as CEO, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance. It is understood that he resigned from Axis Bank because he was shifted to look after non-banking retail subsidiaries. This is the first resignation at the higher level after Shikha Sharma joined the Axis bank as CEO almost four months ago.
Rao is now CGM Corporation Bank
A. Mohan Rao, General Manager of Corporation Bank, has been designated as Chief General Manager.
B. Anand tipped to be Member (Cargo) IWA
As the grapevine has it, B Anand is tipped to join as Member Cargo Inland-Waterways Authority (IWA)in Government of India (GOI) shortly. He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
RK Ramamoorthy to be a member in AMLAA
RK Ramamoorthy, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Kerala, has been appointed as a Member, Anti Money Laundering Adjudicating Authority (AMLAA), New Delhi.
Ashokan is acting CMD of FACT
Asokan has taken over as the acting Chairman and Managing Director of FACT after George Sleeba retired on Monday.
SAIL is Presenting Partner of Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) and Hockey India (HI) the other day announced the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) as the presenting partner for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010, to be hosted by India in March 2010. The event will now be referred to as the Hero Honda FIH World Cup, presented by SAIL. An agreement on the above was signed recently in Delhi by International Hockey Federation (FIH) Chief Leandro Negre and SAIL Director (Personnel) G. Ojha in the presence of Indian Minister for Steel Virbhadra Singh and Indian Minister of State for Steel A. Sai Prathap at Udyog Bhavan. Among other dignitaries present on the occasion were Steel Secretary Atul Chaturvedi, SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta, Hockey India President A.K. Mattoo and Olympians & former Indian Hockey captains Zafar Iqbal, Ajit Pal Singh and Jagbir Singh.Speaking on the occasion, Virbhadra Singh said that it was a great pride for India to be hosting the Hockey World Cup in 2010 and
 for SAIL to be the presenting partner of this great event which, he hoped, "will revive the game in India". He urged corporate enterprises to come forward to support and promote sporting events as well as sportspersons, so that "they will not have to worry about their bread and butter". Sai Prathap, on his part, reminisced about his student days when he played hockey and thanked SAIL for extending support for popularising the game.“Speaking at length on SAIL’s five-decade-long association with promotion of sports, SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta said, “At SAIL, we are very pleased to be associated with the apex event in International Hockey. SAIL has a significant legacy in hockey and actually owns and operates one of the country’s premier playing and training facilities which is equipped with astro-turf, at its Rourkela Steel Plant. SAIL is also justifiably proud that Michael Kindo, one of the stars of the Indian team which won the Hockey World Cup
 in 1974, was on its rolls. Hockey is the National Sport of India and as a proudly patriotic and national company, we feel that partnership with this premier global event is perfect articulation of our values and global outlook and standards. As the National Sport of India, a sport which in many ways India took to the world, we believe that like our company, Hockey reaches out to every Indian.’’

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Now the new excuse that Amar has conjured up for Dimple’s loss!!!
He says loss was because of overconfidence of  SP’s Boss!!!
But he has nothing to say about BSP’s impressive show!!!
Maybe he’ll fib ‘this we did know’!!!!
That’s why we put up Dummy candidates keeping our powder dry!!!
Though after the results came out Mulayam they say was about to cry!
Basically Amar has a fixation for publicity and he’ll do anything to get it!!!
And to get it he makes ludicrous statements and uses bekaar shayri and humorless wit!
Why doesn’t Big B get him into Big Boss’s house?????
Okay on this the Big Boss House inmates will have grouse pe grouse!!!
But he’ll get an opportunity to get publicity and Society will get him ‘off the street’!!!
Amar locked up in Big Boss’s house for civil Society will be ‘like a treat’!
Is to the heart caste and creed or stomach closer???
To Rahul this is my poser!!!
If you give them freebies 'idle mind will become devil's workshop'!!!
So make them work for every sop!!
The Dubai crisis will not play out overnight!!!
In due course ‘it’ll start to bite’!!!
The biggest worries are Indian workforce becoming jobless!!!
And Indian exports  taking a hit because of this financial mess!!
In China ’s opinion India is not as dear to US as is Pakistan !!
In the rating China India occupies below Pakistan the sthaan (place)!!
Difference is for US Pakistan is like domestic help and India is more like a dost!!!!
Not Paki President but Indian PM ko kiya Obama ne for his first State Banquet host!
US takes Pakistan to be a trouble maker that has to be kept in check!!!
And it’s using Pakistan so that ‘terror groups’ it can wreck!!
However it knows that Pakistan is like a tinder box that can explode!!!
Pakistan around its neck carries explosives ka huge load!!!
US’s biggest worry should be ‘what if the Nukes land in terror outfits hands’????
Explosives around its neck and on an arsenal of Nukes Pakistan stands!!!
Pakistan ’s philosophy is ‘ humm toh karr rahe hai drown and we’ll drown others too’!!!!
To prevent Paki nukes from landing in the wrong hands something the World has to do!!
Of course with the Paki Army sold out to US check is being kept!!
But then its felt to handle the spread of ‘fundamentalism’ in the Paki Army these guys are inept!
India is taken to be a responsible pal but with domestic help  its a ‘hands on job’!!!!!
So what China is doing is just ‘fib and fob’!!!
Maybe the couple that gate crashed into Obama’s Banquet for Mohna had expert aid!
Because maybe Amar Singh ko consultant they made!!!
Amar Sigh has the expertise in gate crashing and is known as the Master of the Game!!
In gate crashing to distant shores has reached his name!!!
Confucius says…. In Amar’s analogy badnaam ka bhi hothaa hai naam!!
And in his analogy all are purchasable because sabh ka hotha hai koyi na koyi daam!!!
Adds....... Amar Singh ji aap ka kyaa hai daam?????
I'm cent percent sure if you hear the daam you'll start to chant 'Ram Ram'!
Flash...... Khoda's been arrested on a Monday!!!
Hope he enjoyed his Sunday!!
IT and ED want to 'talk to him' badly but will have to wait!!!
Khoda has a very powerful Mate!!!
Now the worry in Congress is 'hope one of his accomplices does not jump the gun'!!!
People can react anyway when they are on the run!!

Bharat Kumar

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Who has built this nation?
The ICS? Certainly not. Nehru, Gandhi, Patel, Tagore, Prasad, Maulana Azad, Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Ambedkar, Rajagopalachari, Indira Gandhi, M C chagla, Rajeev Gandhi, Jagjivan Ram, Major Shaitan Singh PVC, the unknown soldier, the unsung Police personnel, the Foresters killed by Veerapan, Dr Kalam, Verghese Kurien and numerous others who fought for freedom and even laid down their lives for the country and served the country well, they are the people who have built the nation. The Political Executive, the Parliament, the Armed forces, the Judiciary and the bar, a free press and media, the Election Commission, ISRO, DRDO and their scientists these are the institutions that have built this nation apart from the populace of this great country. The role of the IAS is an adjunct one, and is at a par with the IPS/IRS/IAAS/IFS/IP(ostal)S/IOFS/IDAS/IDES/Railways/IFS(forest)/IE(ngg)S/IE(co)S/IDES/ IDAS/CBI/PCS/PPS/ Provincial medical service/ provincial engineering service, fire services and other services that serve the country.
Arjun Mallik

Reform Bureaucracy
It is rightly said that we can not achieve excellence by studying failures. Only criticizing the bureaucracy as corrupt and inefficient etc leads us to nowhere. There is no denying the fact that Indian bureaucracy is quite competent and can deliver the desired outputs. It’s a double edged weapon. Its only for the users ( political masters) to decide as to how they intend to use this potent tool in their hands. Instead of inviting only criticism the WHISPERS should play a more useful and proactive role, through its visitors, by enlisting suggestions and ways of carrying out drastic reforms in the bureaucracy to make it suitable for the needs of the present day India which is near the threshold of becoming a super power. The present form / mindset of bureaucracy may lead us to a feeling of only missed opportunities.
Rajendra
Implementation of ACP scheme is faulty
Employees should have been given next grade in the hierarchy and not next available grade. I think that 6th CPC's intention was not faulty, its interpretation by beaurocracy is wrong. Sooner it is modified, would serve the purpose of employees better. People's lamentation here is just right. Concerned authorities must wake up.
Pks