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R Gopalan to be Secretary Banking
Post of Secretary Financial Services in the Government of India has been revived.1976 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre R Gopalan is being appointed Secretary Banking.Gopalan is presently Special Secretary Commerce.
Bhupinder Prasad is now Secretary Justice
Finally Ms Bhupinder Prasad has been appointed Secretary Justice in the Government of India. 1976 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Ms Prasad is presently Special Secretary Justice.
Empanelment of 1990 batch IAS soon
Empanelment  of 1990 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is now expected to take place in a couple of weeks.
Ms Neela Gangadharan empanelled
Kerala Chief Secretary Ms Neela Gangadharan is believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1975 batch IAS officer.
Appointment of P K Rastogi soon
Appointment of former Secretary Steel P K Rastogi as Member of the SAT is expected to be made in a couple of weeks. He is 1974 batch retired IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Governors’ appointments on the anvil
Government is planning to appoint Governors in some of the states by the end of this month.
Pankaj Jain to be Additional Secretary in GOI
Pankaj Jain has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Indian Ministry of Statistical & Programme Implementation in place of Ms.Lalita Kumar, IAS officer of the 1974 batch belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre. Pankaj Jain is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
B.S. Singh to be Advisor in ISC
B.S. Singh has been appointed as Advisor, Inter State Council (ISC) in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in place of B.A. Kutinho, who has returned to his parent cadre. The post of Advisor is equivalent to Additional Secretary’s rank. B.S. Singh is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre and B.A. Kutinho is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
Pranab Nanda promoted in IB
Pranab Nanda, Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India has been promoted as Joint Director (IB). He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre
A.K. Sinha is Joint Director in UD
A.K. Sinha has been appointed as Joint Director (Technical) in Urban Development Ministry’s Directorate of Printing. His case was the recommended by the UPSC.
Majority officers in holiday mood
As the year 2009 draws to a close, most of the Government officers at different level are in a holiday mode. Moreover, it’s a four days holiday commencing on December 25, 2009 (Christmas) to December 28, 2009 (Moharram).
Cadre of an IAS officer changed from West Bengal to Punjab
Cadre of 2008 batch IAS officer Ms. Neelima has been changed from West Bengal to Punjab.
BORL picks up crude oil

Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL), of which Managing Director (MD) is UN Joshi, has picked up first installment of crude oil of 90000 metric tones from Vadinar. It had been shipped from Saudi Arabia.
DS Barnwal  is IG, NES- Kolkata in CISF
DS Barnwal who was promoted from DIG to IG has joined as IG North Eastern Sector (NES), Kolkata.
Vivek Sahai tipped to be Member Traffic in Railways
As the grapevine has it, Vivek Sahai is tipped to be new Member Traffic in Railway Board.
Ms. Meenakshi Passi of CBEC seeks Voluntary Retirement
Ms. Meenakshi Passi who is serving in Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has sought Voluntary Retirement (VR). She belongs to 1983 batch of Central Customs & Excise.
Noreen Naqvi is yet to get regular appointment
DG Akashvani, Noreen Naqvi,  is yet to get regular appointment. She is still officiating as DG All India Radio.
New COO of Air India next month ?
New Chief Operating Officer of the Air India is likely to be appointed in January. Post has already been advertised.
1975 batch IAS officers ruling the roost
1975 batch IAS officers are ruling the roost in the country. Ten of them are Chief Secretaries in different states. They are Neela Gangadharan – Kerala, KS Sripathi – Tamil Nadu, SV Ranganath – Karnataka, SV Prasad – Andhra Pradesh, Rakesh Mehta – Delhi, TK Mishra – Orissa, Sudhir Sharma – Tripura, T Srinivasan – Rajasthan, Urvashi Gulati – Haryana, SC Agarwal – Punjab.
Will there be more Chief secretaries from 1975 batch in a month or so ?
Grapevine has it that there may at least two more Chief Secretaries from 1975 batch in the next two months or so.
SS Chhabra to be SAI's London based Advisor
SS Chhabra who is Secretary in Sports Authority of India (SAI) is going to be Sports Development Advisor (SDA) to be based at Commonwealth Secretariat in London. Chhabra is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura(M-T) cadre.
Dr.(Ms.)Alka Bhargava is new Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya
Dr (Ms.)Alka Bhargava who is a Director in the Government of India (GOI) has assumed additional charge as new Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya . She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre. She is a Director in Ministry of HRD.
(We said this on November 30,2009)
Rajiv Mehta, IG, ITBP returns to his parent cadre
Rajiv Mehta, IG (ITBP), Northern Frontier, Dehradun has completed his central deputation period on December 21, 2009 and returned to his parent department. He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalya cadre.
Rajender Singh ADG poised to join centre
State Government has forwarded the name of Rajender Singh, ADG & IGP, MD, WB SPHC Ltd for the central deputation and the case is under process in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is an IPS officer of the1977 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.
Ms.Sivagami Sundari Nanda unlikely to join the Lok Sabha
Lok Sabh Secretariat had requisitioned services of Ms.Sivagami Sundari Nanda for the post of Joint Director (Security) through Ministry of Home Affairs. As the grapevine has it the cadre controlling authority has replied that officer in question was not available. She is an IPS officer of the1988 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Shashi Prakash to be Advisor, ISC
Shashi Prakash has been appointed as Advisor, Inter State Council (ISC) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is an IAS officer of 1976 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre.
Ms.Shelja Sharma returns to her parent cadre
Ms.Shelja Sharma who was posted in Indian Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has now returned to her parent cadre. She is an ISS officer of 1984 batch.
S. Krishnan, Secretary, Fertilizers to hold additional charge
S. Krishnan, Secretary, Fertilizers has assumed additional charge of Secretary, Chemicals & Petrochemicals for the period from December 21 to 31, 2009 in place of Bijoy Chatterjee.Secretary Chemical & Petrochemicals. Krishnan is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.
D.K. Sikri, Secretary, WCD to hold additional charge
D.K. Sikri, Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development has assumed additional charge of Secretary, Coal for a period of three months in place of C. Balakrishnan (IAS officer1974batch belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre) Secretary Coal.Sikri is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Venugopal in AIMS again ?
Former AIMS Director Dr. P Venugopal is likely to be back in the Board of AIMS, it is learnt.
Dr. ML Shrivastava likely to be Jt. Director, FSI-Dehradun
As the grapevine has it, Dr ML Shrivastava on central deputation is likely to be posted as Joint Director in Dehradun located office of the Forest Survey of India (FSI), Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the  Sikkim cadre.
Dharampal Singh empanelled in GOI
Dharampal Singh is one of the seven officers of Indian Revenue Service(C&CE) of 1983 batch who has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).
ISS officer gets new posting on promotion
ISS Officer Tapas Kumar Saha, Director, NSSO (DPD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata, has been posted as DDG, NSSO (DPD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata.
Abhay Kumar to move to Ho Chi Minh City
Director (EAMO) in the Ministry of External Affairs Abhay Kumar has been moved to Ho Chi Minha City as Counsel General  in place of J N Mishra. Posting of Mishra is yet to be made.
Nitin Gadkari is new BJP chief

Finally Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Maharashtra Nitin Gadkari has taken charge as new national president of the BJP.

(We said this on November 14, 2009)
1984 batch IAS promoted in Gujarat
Four 1984 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Gujarat. They are Mssrs :-SA Golakia, HN Chhibbar, Arvind Joshi and DJ Dharaiya.
Ray moves to Railway Board
P S Ray   HAG/IRTS/SER has been transferred to the Railway Board on promotion as Additional Member (Tourism and Catering) .
Braj Mohan promoted
Braj Mohan, HAG/IRTS, presently, has been promoted and posted as Additional Member (Commercial ) in the Railway Board.
IPS officer suspended in AP
Vijayawada Police Commissioner K.V. Rajendranath Reddy has been suspended in Andhra Pradesh.
Srinivasan is Station Director AIR Hyderabad
K. P. Srinivasan has taken over as the Station Director of AIR, Hyderabad.
MP High Court's clean chit to Ramesh Thete

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has exonerated Ramesh Thete a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer of bribery charge.

M.K.Shukla former DG bereaved

Mrs.Shyama Shukla mother of M.K.Shukla former DGP was cremated in Bhopal on December 22, 2009. She was 94 years old.
  Resident Commissioners in Delhi to meet today
Principal Resident Commissiioners (PRCs) & Resident Commissioners (RCs) of different state governments based in Delhi are meeting over lunch in Maharasthra Sadan on December 22, 2009.
CRPF launches Project ‘Janani’
CRPF has launched project ‘Janani’ (mother as embodiment of selfless love) in collaboration with “Nanhi Chhaan” Foundation, a non-profit NGO, headed by Harpal Singh, Chairman of Fortis Hospitals with the aim to protect the rights of the girl child, create awareness about evils of dowry as also health of women and girls besides women empowerment through capacity enhancement and creating awareness about ecological balance. The project will be supervised and run under the guidance of the CRPF Wives’ Welfare Association (CWWA), a registered NGO.

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Swamy is new MD of AP State Cooperative Bank
B. K. Swamy has taken over as Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank Ltd (APCOB).He has replaced T. S. Appa Rao.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Sharad Pawar has used ‘Force Majeure’ to excuse himself from record rise in prices!
And he’s got his fingers crossed and hope Force Majeure excuse suffices!!
 
Force Majuere means Superior Force and so act of God is a valid excuse!!!!
And for spurt in prices Act of God ko kiya Pawar ne use!!
 
He’s said that price rise is because of climate change!!!!
Climate change is an act of man and not God so this excuse he’ll have to change!
 
He’s also blaming the States for the price rise whereas he’s the epicenter for inflation!
It is his inefficiency, preoccupation with cricket and blatant hay making’s creation!!!
 
He says States should take inflation seriously however I’d like to add not like Pawar!!
Because Pawar is solely responsible for this price rise ka waar and  maar!!
 
Opposition should bring out a White Paper on inflation during UPA’s two stints!
And bring out in the White Paper money who who minted and still mints!!
 
I say Opposition and not BJP because on this issue entire Opposition should be one!
BJP seems to be stuck in its infighting as this war its still not won!!!
 
Till it wins this war BJP cannot play the role of an Opposition!!!
Now the new problem is BJP mein various Committees ki composition!!

Seems Congress is in no mood to investigate Ricegate!!!
Or to get this investigated is Sarkaar looking for a shubh date????

The ban was bypassed by giving the exports a humanitarian hue!!!!
It was made to look as if African Nations for Rice karr rahe hai queue!!!

In the end it was revealed the humanitarian angle was just a natak!!!
The humanitarian touch was given just to open 'ban ka faatak (door)'!!!
 
Sheila Aunty is not only in a hurry and arrogant but she’s also crafty!!!!!
She knows not commenting on the Commonwealth Games delays would be ‘dafty’!!!
 
So now she’s carefully worded her comment and said ‘she’s worried’!!
The progress has indeed been slow though now it’s being hurried!!
 
Which means more money to catch up though Kalamadi will deny this!!!
In ‘reality’ the preparedness bus India ne kee hai miss!!!
 
MS Gill has already washed his hands off the Games and now Sheila has done the same!
Both know the reality and don’t want that in the end they are made to take the blame!!
 
Delhi is unprepared for the Games!!!!!
Delhi's only preparation is its now got a hoard of ‘ escort providing dames’!!!!!
 
Kalamadi and gang need to be kept away from Indian Sport!!!!
Congress needs to be made culpable too as to their hay making it’s been such a sport!
 
Jairam is back and maybe in his pocket you will find pencils and not pens!!!
Pencils by the tens!!
 
That’s because now the Deal is not binding and time and again erasing will be needed!!
Inked words cannot be erased once the ‘pen has bleeded’!!!
 
Usage of pencils means words, lines and paras can be erased or rubbed!!!
Why do you think as a No Deal this Deal is being dubbed????
 
RBI seems to be more inclined to the Industry so that their borrowing cost is low!!
It is not interested in reversing the stimulus flow!!!
 
After all RBI top brass meets in Board Rooms and so they identify with the Industry!
Why measures are not being taken to stem the ‘excess liquidity’ is no mystery????
 
Or has Pranab Da like PC now got a Sensex and Nifty monitor on his table!!!!
And he too now is fixated on making both rise or at least remain stable!!
 
Confucius says…Reserve Bank for Industry is now how RBI is being deciphered!!!
Because in all its decisions Industry is being preferred!!!

Adds... Ex Maharashtra CM Deshmukh says for 26/11 Cops should be penalized too!!!
Seems he's forgotten why at him and Patil people did boo!!!

Patil had said 'in big Cities such incidents take place'!!!!
And post the attack to see the damage to Taj with Ram Gopal Varma in his entourage Deshmukh did race!

What irked people was his and Patil's total careless attitude during and post the attack!
And that's why both got the sack!!!!

Why do you think after 26/11 Deshmukh was called Deshmoorakh by the Public?
And imagine now he's a Mantri in the Federal Sarkaar of the Indian Republic!!!!!

Bharat Kumar

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Gross betrayal of the national mandate
Suddenly there is disturbing news that the Manmohan Singh government is getting all set to sign the NPT or the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty that would prohibit any further testing of nuclear weapons by India. This is being done under tremendous US pressure. America itself has not signed this treaty nor does it intend to do so. The sole purpose of the NPT is to freeze America’s status as the sole super power in the world. America has over 10, 000 thermonuclear devices and still feels insecure even after the demise of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Block countries. America may drink wine but it preaches water to the rest of the world. This is the sum and substance of the NPT. Our PM has said recently and rather quietly that India is now willing to sign the NPT. Why? This is a gross betrayal of the national mandate not to sign the NPT unless the US  and other countries also do so. Even Little England has 60 Hydrogen bombs for its  defence. One may ask defence against whom? Scotland, Wales and Ireland??? Nuclear weapons are not an Anglo Saxon monopoly. There has to be a Brown bomb, a Black bomb , an Islamic Bomb , a Yellow bomb etc not just  White bombs. Dr. Kakodkar also gave an interview to the media that we no longer need to test atomic bombs.  All this seems to be an attempt to prepare the ground for the capitulation to American pressure. Now the government is also suddenly saying that electricity from civil nuclear plants will take double the time as their installation will take twice as long as estimated earlier. In other words the civil nuclear deal,( as was obvious to all of us citizens of India ),was an eyewash and an abject surrender of India’s right to test nuclear bombs. What the government is now planning to do is anti national and against India’s self interest. I hope our noisy politicians will wake to the great danger and prevent the government from going ahead and castrating  India for all times.
D Choudhury
Heads should roll !
Yes,  Deshmukh has rightly pointed the 'heads should roll'. However I don’t think, Deshmukh and RR Patil haven't be suitably punished or held accountable for their errors of omission. On the other hand , Media's favorite target Shivraj Patil has borne the brunt of  overcritical media and a Bunch of armchair patriots. Shivraj Patil was the Home minister and head of the security of the  whole nation , not just an area in Mumbai. The Home Minister functions across the country, so being taken to task for a singular incident reeks of hypocrisy and possible double standards . Going by the same analogy, why did the Home Minister /Prime Minister not resign during the Parliament attack or Defence Minister during Kargil intrusions ?
Why this overwhelming sense of accountability from him only ? When the CM & state HM have already been absolved of their guilt by their party leaders and media to a large extent. Why the bureaucratic organization has not been taken to task ?

Pragmatically speaking, Does it really hurt our sensitivities or our sense of national pride if you have a  HM who is well-dressed and cultured in behavior.
Are we not losing focus as a nation, this incident will get us more uncouth leaders who spit the pan and scratch their crotch in public, just because overcritical & judgmental media thinks civilized demeanor is so UN-INDIAN. Is he being singled out, castigated and stigmatized for his integrity and secular credentials by the nefarious  powers to be ?
I think the congress party should rightfully reinstate Mr Shivraj patil in  the Cabinet/govt  and not loose a well-groomed, honest, principled and visionary leader to a bunch of ill-educated critics.
Semper Fidelis
Ravi Vishwanathe - Udgir/Pune
Why this discrepancy ? 
When 1990 batch in the IAS are getting empanelled as Joint Secreary, 1981 batch of the IRS has still not been considered. Why is the Government going against the recommendations of the pay Commission? Why is the Finance Minister sitting quiet over the inefficiency of the CBDT? Whys is the PM silent over the lackaidaisical approach of those concerned in DOP &T?
Swamy
Is it a fair ?
Is it a fair administrative practice that while empanelment of 1990 batch of IAS is being done the batches even upto 1985 have not been covered from other central services?
Will this leave any good feelings in other services? Where are we going in this country? Are the courts left to be only solutions to our problems?
MB
Why Food Security For MPs ?
A seemingly innocuous statement by Sharad Pawar on  Dec 20, 2009, attributing  the existing price rise  of consumer goods  to ‘global warming’  jolted me into writing  this piece. Sheer baloney, was it! The price inflation during the past two years has been phenomenal. Does it not demonstrate GOI’s failure in controlling price rise? Will the country’s economists including the PM agree with such frivolous and escapist statement of Agriculture minister on ‘Food Security’? Let us spare a word about the BPLs (37%  as per GOI estimate) . They do not get two square meals a day. They merely get election promises on ‘Food Security’ in terms of UPA’s mandate. On the contrary, the mollycoddled MPs who represent them get total’ food security’ through highly subsidized canteens located inside the Parliament House, its Annexe and the Library. Is this concealed subsidy justified? One feels such food security to MPs in the temple of democracy is a blot on the Parliament. How could these parliamentarians digest food at such abysmally low price and debate the issue of 'Food Security ‘for the down-trodden. This is hypocrisy at its worst!. Worse still, enjoying virtually free lunches and dinners by the staff and officers of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Sectts  looks to me  down- right vulgar, to say the least! I have personally seen them  shamelessly enjoying the 5-Star grub during the deliberations  of the Standing Finance Committees attached to various ministries. All this at the tax-payers’ cost. Will the Speaker, Lok Sabha and Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha  jointly ponder over these matters seriously in a transparent manner and order immediate withdrawal of concealed subsidies to Parliamentary food jaunts. These heavenly canteens must also be declared in-accessible to the Parliamentary Secretariat babus and Security Staff. Let the Parliamentarians cutting across party lines lead by examples and boycott these canteens,  run by the Railways, if they have the slightest  concerns for the poor.
A K SAXENA   (A retired civil servant)
Administration of Oath
Oath , wherever and whenever necessary, should always be administered by a constitutional authority and not by any bureaucrat.
Keshav Prasad