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Will Pani get extension ?
Secretary Planning Commission Subhas Pani is expected to get extension beyond March 1. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Search is on for DG NSG
Search is on for the successor of J K Dutt, DG NSG.MHA is finding it difficult to get an efficient and competent IPS officer for this job in the present scenario.
Additional Secretary level appointments soon
A couple of Additional Secretary level appointments in the Government of India are expected to be made in a week or two.
Pervez Dewan's extended term extended terms in ITDC to end next month
Pervez Dewan's term as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) which was extended owing to ongoing renovations in ITDC run Hotel Ashok Delhi, will end on March 31,2009.He is supposed to go on two years leave from April 2009.It may be stated that the Central Government has had agreed for ITDC to increase its authorized capital from Rs. 75 crore to Rs. 150 crore. ITDC, which had worked out a plan to undertake a major renovation work in Hotel Ashok, New Delhi at a total cost of Rs. 146.35 crore, is getting, implemented the same. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
Whether DGCA should be headed by a technocrat or not?
Whether Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) should be headed by a technocrat or not? This question is hotly being debated in corridors of power due two reasons. First, an incident each that took place in Mumbai & airspace of Assam. Second, poor handling of air traffic in two major cities of India i.e. Delhi & Mumbai. Air travelers are frowning more often than before, such things are adversely affecting efficiency & productivity in terms of constructive work
Dr. H Baswaraju empanelled in GOI
Dr. H Baswaraju, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1984 batch, who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI).
EV Bhavdas is Director, Planning Commission
EV Bhavdas, who so far was on deputation to the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Kolkata, has now been posted as a Director in the Planning Commission of India (PCI). He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1991 batch.
Sajid Farid Shapu set to join NIA
Sajid Farid Shapu, who is currently Superintendent of Police (SP) Dewas (Madhya Pradesh), is soon going to join newly created National Investigating agency (NIA) of which head is Radha Vinod Raju. Shapu is an IPS officer of the 1998 batch & belongs to the MP cadre. Shapu is rated as an ace, sharp & an alert officer.
CAT asks to pay Rs 10,000 to IAS officer
The Jabalpur Bench of the CAT has ordered to make payment of costs of Rs 10,000 to the respondents to 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer K P Singh for delaying the matter. Singh had been selected for the post of Financial Advisor UGC and the State Government had conveyed it's NOC, but he was not allowed cadre clearance. The post is still lying vacant. Judicial Member M K Gupta and Administrative Member Ranbir Singh have jointly passed the order.
IRS (C&CE) transfer orders soon
A list of transfer orders of IRS (C&CE) is being issued this month.
Sarkar promoted in BSNL
ITS officer P K Sarkar has been promoted to the HAG. He is now PGMT , Patna.
Two IAS officers in offer list for central deputation from Andhra Pradesh cadre
Two IAS officers, Viswanath Chirravuri of 1981 batch and Aramane Giridhar of 1988 batch, are in the offer list for central deputation from Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Post of Director (Operations) in Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd vacant
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought suitable candidates for the post of Director (Operations) in Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd. The applications for the above post are be forwarded to PESB by March 12, 2009. The above post fell vacant on June 13, 2008.
Kotia gets additional charge of JS (P)
D K Kotia has been given additional charge of the Joint Secretary (Police) in the MHA. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
New CBDT Chief and IRS officers
The new face of the finance ministry is very benign especially in personnel matters and scores of suffering lady officers will be joining their husbands in March. The earlier regime had shown them the boot, leading to heavy demoralisation of the revenue services.
Mishra to be Ombudsman of IRDA !
Former Chairman Central Board of Direct Taxes PK Misra has been selected as Ombudsman of IRDA for Delhi and Rajasthan carrying a basic pay of Rs.80000 p.m. plus DA, leased accommodation etc. This appointment is in addition to his earlier selection as Member Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai which is a Secretary to GOI post. It is rumored that he may accept the Ombudsmanship in Delhi due to family commitments.
AK Shrivastava is Jt. Secretary in national panel
AK Shrivastava, who is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1980 batch & belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the National Commission for Economically Backward Classes.
Ahir to join IB
Rajiv Ahir is likely to join the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1996 batch IPS officer.
RB Lal front-runner for Director, IIFM-Bhopal
As the grapevine has it, RB Lal who on central deputation is IF Forests is the front-runner for the post of Director, Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Manipur cadre.
Another bureaucratic reshuffle soon in Gujarat
Modi Government is likely to take decision on following post soon. The posts lying vacant in Gujarat Sachivalaya are heads of Urban Development, General Administration, Social Justice and Empowerment, Finance (expenditure) and Primary Education. CEO for Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, and MDs of Industrial Extension Bureau, State Civil Supplies Corporation and State Warehousing Corporation, it is learnt.
Wani appointed Member of PSC in J&K
Khazir Mohammad Wani has been appointed Member of the J&K Public Service Commission. He is 1993 batch IAS officer.
1991 batch IPS to be DIG in Bihar
1991 batch IPS officers Mssrs Vinay Kumar, Praveen Vashishta, Preeta Verma, K K Verma, Raghuvansh Prasad Yadav, Sahab Akhtar, Manohar Prasad Singh, Jaglal Chowdhary, J P N Sinha and Raghunath Prasad Singh are being promoted to the rank of DIG in Bihar.
IPS officer transferred in Maharashtra
Shobha Ohatkar, Bihar cadre IPS officer, currently on deputation in Pune as additional police commissioner (City) has been transferred. Ohatkar is yet to get posting. Menhwhile , the Bihar Government has promoted 1990 batch IPS officer Shobha to the rank of DIG.
Gopinath is new Police Commissioner in Kerala
S Gopinath has been posted as City Police Commissioner, Thiruvananthapuram. He is 1993 batch IPS officer.
Alok Kumar to move !
DIG (Administration) in Karnataka, Alok Kumar, is being tipped to be new Joint Commissioner (Crime) Bangalore.He is 1994 batch IPS officer.
Keshav Chandra is AGM NR
Keshav Chandra an IRSME officer has been appointed new AGM Northern Railway.
Two retired IPS join PR Party in AP
Two retired IPS officers C. Gopinath Reddy and G. Subbarao who served as Deputy Inspectors-General of Police have joined the Praja Rajyam Party in Andhra Pradesh.
IAS changes in Jharkhand
10 IAS officers have been transferred in Jharkhand. Puja Singhal Purwar will now be new Khunti DC . Satinder Singh has been made DC of Bokaro. Pravin Kumar Toppo is the new excise commissioner. Ved Prakash Narayan Singh will be the new director of the panchayati raj. Vijay Kumar Singh is the new Garhwa DC. Rahul Sharma is new Gumla DC. Himani Pandey is the new labour commissioner. Nitin Madan Kulkarni has been given additional charge as transport commissioner. Kripanand Jha will be DC, Jamtara. K. Srinivasan has been made Chatra DC. Alok Goyal has been posted as additional secretary in the institutional finance department.
Rakhi Gupta Bhandari gets award in Punjab
1997 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer Rakhi Gupta Bhanadari has been awarded with Faridi Medal by Astana-E-Alia Hajrat Baba Farid Society, Rajabpur, Uttar Pardesh. She has been bestowed with this honour for her honesty and dedication in the works done especially towards National Integration.
Interview for Directors BIS today
Interview for the post of two Directors and one Additional Director in the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) are being held today.
Vilasini Ramachandran is now Add Secretary Expenditure
Vilasini Ramachandran has been appointed Additional Secretary Expenditure. She is 1977 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. She is presently AS and FA Civil Aviation.

( We said this on February 11 )
Saurabh Chandra to join GoI
Saurabh Chandra is joining the Government of India as Additional Secretary and FA Iin the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
R C Mishra is now AS and FA IT
R C Mishra AS and FA in the Ministry of I & B is moving to the Information Technology in the same capacity. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Bharat Bhushan moves to Civil Aviation
E. K. Bharat Bhusan Joint Secretary and FA in the Department of Information and Technology has been moved as as Joint Secretary & FA in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
DATE WITH RTI
The appellant sought details from CBSE regarding those unaided schools which were being run on private land in Delhi. The Public Authority held that little authentic information is available and that is scattered in
various files. The CIC observed that proper record management is an inherent part of the Right to Information and so it was important for the CBSE to have its firm database on computer. The CBSE was directed to make their record management more systematic and supply the requested information.
Comments
Proper record keeping is an integral part of the RTI and information cannot be denied claiming that the same is not properly maintained. (The reader may ponder how well is the data maintained in his organisation).
Mrs. Anuradha Verma

Aaj Ki Aawaz
On Congress - SP talks Mulayam says all is well,
Whereas Amar hints ' Congress can go to hell'!!
Amar says Congressmen don't have a spine!!!
Says 'Congressmen should have a spine like mine'!!!!
Fact is Amar's spine is a retracting spine!!!!
Rarely it is seen but must most of them time spine ka there is no sign!!!!
'In his line of work a spine is a hurdle' many would say!!!!
So that means in a spring loaded box in his hip karti hai Amar ki spine stay!!!
Amar says the lack of spine has made Congressmen servile!!!
And this retracting spine has made SP vile!!!!
Commies have all but closed their doors on SP!!!!
And Commies say ' Spineless Party' is the analogy of SP!!!
Amar tried to meet Pawar but Pawar said 'no'!!!
And if Amar tries to meet Karuna he'll tell him 'ille po'!!!!
Now to get to meet Pawar SP is throwing Pawar bait!!!!
Amar says SP will support Pawar for PM's post if his candidature comes up at a later date!
Actually in the few weeks that SP was close to Congress,
Congress realized that allying with SP could get it into a mess!!!
Get ready for a 'vote on account' that in actuality is a Budget and that too a mega one!!!
With an eye on the upcoming polls this is being done!!!!
For BPL there are going to be gifts galore!!!!
And for BPL and majority minority combo there will be even more!!!
After all Congress has to show the Aam Admi its mooh!!!
And there will be some wooing of the Middle Class too!!!
Rahul 's inputs for the youth will also find place in the wooing!!!
So a 'total wooing act' in this 'vote on account' Pranab will be doing!!!
This is Congress's final attempt to get some of the soot off itself!!!!!
And make it look presentable on the 'election shelf'!!!
In Punjab Amrinder says now its war between Badal and his Pariwaar!!!
So then why is he saying that on Congress workers Akalis have declared war???
Mr. Amrinder we all know how and why some takeovers of Companies are done!!!
Money is laundered via this mode by the tonne!!!!
What is surprising that before he became CM Amrinder was a Pauper de Raja!!!
And after his CM stint he became once again a Raja!!!
Rahul says Modi is pro rich but this is not what poor in Gujarat feel!!!!
Or is Rahul lamenting that Modi has not had in a poor home a meal???
Gujarat 's progress has been inclusive and poor have benefited too!!
On Gujarat 's progress you don't hear poor Gujaratis boo!!!
Confucius says….. by sharing a meal with someone poor you do nothing that uplifts!!!
By providing job opportunities you uplift them and give them the biggest gifts!!!
Adds.... for us its adventure and for them its eating less so that they can offer us more!!!
And remember in these homes there is no store!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Not unexpected
Mulayam Singh Yadav must pay due price for flirting with UPA. UPA (particularly Congress) being a political Shylock will not fail to extract the SP most and to leave it to political wilderness in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Keshav Prasad
Gov does what it wants to do !
Finally, Commerce Minister seems to be successful in relaxing FDI in retail as DIPP has said that the same will be done in two weeks time after CCEA approval. He must be happy that he was finally able to make good his party's 'commitment' to allow FDI in such non-priority area. This just goes to show how government is hell-bent on doing what it wants regardless of merit or public interest. A thorough analysis on the hollow justifications of the government over last four years is found in http://prajatantra.blogspot.com/2006/02/fdi-in-retail-final-act-in-charade_04.html
As regards Railway Ministry, many people believe that the picture is not so rosy as is presented. Readers of 'whispers' would be interested in hearing more from someone who may know the real story.
Khan
It is awesome !
Your "Aaj ki Aawaz" column is awesome. Hope there is archive for it too. I also agree that Lalu will be reduced to a nobody in Bihar after these elections.
Lalit Kumar
Number of cases in Courts could reduced
Government also fights a number of legal cases in courts pertaining personnel matters of the employees. Government had set up Administrative Tribunals mainly with the purpose of speedy resolution of employees personal problems (The AT Act itself states). The Tribunals give a number of verdicts in favour of the employees solely based on the Article 14 & 16 of the Constitution and also based on the previous judgments of Supreme Courts. As per Article 141 of the Constitution any decision given by the Supreme Court becomes the law of the land. In spite of the aforesaid, the Government goes on filing cases in the higher courts, wasting public money and the employees money. The number of cases in Courts could reduce to a great extent if the people at the helm of affairs in the Government adopt a sympathetic and more positive approach. For them agreeing to the verdict of Tribunal would involve financial repercussions. But they do not find any financial repercussions, in the matter of misuse of official perks and facilities over and above the entitlement.
Anurag Srivastava
MPs against auction of Mahatma Gandhi's possessions !
Ignore Gandhi in personal life, Adore Gandhi in public life. Keep Gandhi alive on currency notes, since his name still fetches you votes.
Yogesh Dabra