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Rahul may take over from Dr. Manmohan Singh if UPA wins
Grapevine has it that Rahul Gandhi would take over from Dr. Manmohan Singh if UPA comes to power after the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Party insiders say that an understanding has been reached to this effect. First Dr. Manmohan Singh would be made the PM and Rahul Gandhi Minister and then after six months, the reigns would be handed over to Rahul Gandhi. Vivek Sahay to be Member (Staff) Rly Board ?
Grapevine has it that General Manager of the Northern Railway Vivek Sahay is being appointed Member (Staff) Railway Board.
Raman Srivastava says "No"
Special Secretary Home Raman Srivastava is believed to have said "No" for the post of DG NSG. He is 1973 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre. The post of DG NSG is falling vacant on March 31 after the retirement of J K Dutt.
Top Ten IAS officers of Ashok Gehlot
1 Shreemat Pande
2 C K Mathew
3 T Srinivasan
4 S N Thanvi
5 Ram Lubhaya
6 Govind Sharma
7 G S Sandhu
8 B L Arya
9 Ashok Sampatram
10 B M Sharma
Will ITDC have a full time CMD, after Dewan?
Will India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) have a full time Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), after Pervez Dewan? This question is hotly being discussed in corridors of power.
Tayal joins CRPF
R C Tayal has joined the CRPF as IG. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Chattopadhyay joins GoI
S Chattopadhyay has joined the Government of India as IF BSF. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
Major IPS reshuffle in Gujarat
There is Major reshuffle in Gujarat Police department. 62 police
officers have been transfered including Rajkot & Surat Police Commissioner.
Geeta Johri is now new CP of Rajkot and Deepak Swarup new CP of Surat.
( we said this yesterday only)
DM Shukla empanelled in GOI
DM Shukla, a 1985 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the AGMUT cadre, has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI).
Radha Vinod Raju to have a small team in NIA
As the grapevine has it, Radha Vinod Raju, maiden head of the newly created National Investigating agency (NIA), contemplates having a small team. It may comprise 40 officers/cops, or so.
One IAS officer from Gujarat cadre in offer list for central deputation
Raj Kumar of 1987 batch is in the offer list for central deputation from Gujarat cadre.
Amit Prasad to join NCB in Chandigarh
Amit Prasad is being tipped to be Zonal Director of Narcotics Control Bureau in Chandigarh. He is 1995 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
Dr.R.P.Meena to join Naxalites cell
Dr.R.P.Meena on Central deputation is poised to join the Naxalites cell. He is an IPS officer of the 1993 cadre who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Arun Choudhary to be JD, Immigration
Arun Choudhary who so far was Joint Director (JD) in Intelligence Bureau (IB) for J & K region has been transferred to Delhi as JD Immigration. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch IPS officer who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Rajesh Kumar is DDIB,P-D
Rajesh Kumar who so far was DCP- FRRO has been transferred in Intelligence Bureau(IB) as DDIB,P-D. He is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch IPS officer who belongs to the UT cadre.
Ajay Choudhary to be DCP -FRRO
Ajay Choudhary who so far was DCP South East Delhi has been shifted as DCP- FRRO.He is an IPS officer of the 1996 batch IPS officer who belongs to the UT cadre.
S.S.N.Moorthy to hold charge of Mumbai
S.S.N.Moorthy Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will hold the charge of Mumbai region as well.
Sudhir Chandra to hold charge of Delhi & NWR Zone
Sudhir Chandra Member (A & J) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will hold the charge of Delhi & NWR Zone.
Sandip Sengupta shifted to Kolkata
Sandip Sengupta Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) who so far was in CCIT (CCA) Orissa region on health grounds has been transferred with immediate effect to CCIT (CCA) Kolkata.
Sushovan Banerjee is CEO, Children's Films Society of India
Sushovan Banerjee on Central deputation to Government of India has assumed the charge as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Children's Films Society of India (CFSI), Mumbai on February 18,2009. Sushovan who is an IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre belongs to the 1989 batch. So far he was posted as IG in the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC). He was earlier on deputation to the GOI in the Civil Aviation Security, Mumbai.During that tenure he actively got involved in films and film making. Sushovan Banerjee who is considered to be an honest & an upright officer also acted in a few mainstream films.
Pandit promoted in BSNL
ITS officer Roop Krishan Pandit has been promoted to the HAG. He is now PGM ,ALTTC.
Post of Director (Engineering) in MECON Ltd. falling vacant in Dec'09
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has, by March 12, 2009, sought applications for the post of Director (Engineering), MECON Ltd. The post is falling vacant on December 1, 2009.
Alok Kumar tipped to be Assessor & Collector,MCD
As the grapevine has it, Alok Kumar is tipped to be Assessor & Collector, MCD. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of 1990 batch.
Delhi Bench of CAT awards fine of Rs 20,000
A bench of CAT at Delhi has awarded cost of Rs. 20,000/- to an Executive Engineer of Ministry of Road Transport, GOI, while quashing the charge sheet against the officer on grounds of bias and malafide. It has also directed that responsibility should be fixed for wrong issuance of charge sheet and money should be recovered from the concerned officer. Several JS level officers are very worried.
Central Information Commission Ministry rejected 720 requests under RTI
The Ministry of Personnel received as many as 9640 requests under the Right to Information (RTI) act during the year 2007-08 of which 720 were rejected. One officer was penalized for not following the provisions under RTI while the department collected a sum of Rs 86, 519 from the applicants who had sought information under the act. While a maximum of 2284 requests were received by the Department of Personnel and Training, 798 requests received by the Ministry pertained to the Central Vigilance Commission, 1304 to the Central Information Commission, 2389 to the CBI, 1096 to Union Public Service Commission, Six to LBSNAA , 13 to ISTM, 83 to Central Administrative Tribunal and the remaining 1667 were related to Staff Selection Commission.
1985 batch IAS to get promotion in TN
1985 batch IAS officers are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Tamil Nadu in a month or two.
Tenure of Bijayan to expire next week
Tenure of B Bijayan, Development Commissioner Madras Export Pro Zone in Chennai, is coming to an end on February 22. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Malhotra transferred to Patiala
A K Malhotra, HAG/IRSME/South Eastern Railway, presently working as Chief Mechanical Engineer has been transferred to Diesel Loco Modernisation Works/ Patiala and posted as Chief Administrative Officer, against an existing vacancy.
IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
21 Police officers including one DIG and two SPs have been transferred in Uttar Pradesh.S N Sabat has been made DIGPHQ Allahabad.Rakesh Pradhan will now be SP Chitrakoot.D K Rai has been posted as SP Bagpat.
IPS postings in Uttarakhand
G L Goswami has been appointed SSP Udham Singh Nagar. G Sachdev Raman has been made SP Chamouli.
Eight IFS officers transferred in MP
The Madhya Pradesh government has transferred eight Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers. Those transferred include Sudip Singh Director Forest School, Betul to Conservator Vidisha (General) Forest division, Conservator Betul South (General) Manoj Agrawal to Conservator Sehore (General), DFO Vidisha (General) A.S. Rajput to DFO Chattarpur (General), Mohanlal Meena DFO Chattarpur to Director Forest School, Betul.Ms. Archana Shukla DFO Ujjain (General) to Deputy Conservator M.P. Minor Forest Produce Federation, Bhopal, A.K. Singh DFO Sehore (General) to DFO South Betul, Mrs. Padmapriya Balkrishna Deputy Conservator State Forest Research Institute Jabalpur to Deputy Forest Conservator Northern Coalfield Limited, Singrauli and B.S. Kushwaha Deputy DFO Sidhi (General) to DFO Incharge Ujjain (General).
John Koshy is ACS in West Bengal
K John Koshy has been posted as ACS School Education in West Bengal.He is 1975 batch IAS officer.
Ms Chatterjee is PS Tourism in West Bengal
Ms Nandita Chatterjee has been appointed Principal Secretary Tourism in West Bengal. She is 1980 batch IAS officer.
Col Sawant promoted
Col Sudhir Sawant former Member of Parliament was promoted to the rank of Brigadier. In a ceremony the rank of Brig was piple on him by Maj Gen KVS Lalotra, Addl Dir Gen TA.
Atul Saraya to be Director (Power) BHEL ?
The PESB is belived to have put Atul Saraya number one in the panel of Director (Power) BHEL.He is presently ED.

CORPORATE
R P Singh joins Hinduja Group
Former ED of the Bhopal unit of the BHEL R P Singh has reportedly joined the Hinduja Group.
Satyam Executive quits
Another top executive of Satyam, Anil Kumar, head of financial services wing of the banking financial services and insurance (BFSI) vertical has quit.
Prakash Iyer quits Infomedia
Prakash Iyer has reportedly put in his papers as Chief Executive Officer(CEO),Infomedia18 Ltd.
Sushma Jhaveri appointed GM Carat India
Sushma Y Jhaveri vice-president and head Strategy and Training TME has been appointed as General Manager - West and South by Carat India.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
This was the correct vote on account,
And UPA rightly gave its five year account!!!
Prudent to keep the powder dry,
Though some wanted Government to let out against the downturn a war cry!!
The war cry the Government gave was 'in the Budget all the tinkering will be done'!!!
In a vote on account constitutionally there could be none (tinkering)!!!!
And then with tax revenues falling and deficit rising tinkering would have been unwise!!!
What the UPA Government did was wise!!!
Vote on account was not Pranab's baby and he just mouthed it!!!!
By mouthing it he did his bit!!!!
BJP says its main plank will be UPA's betrayal of the common man!!!
Common man will decide who is more black … the pot (BJP) or the pan (Congress)!!!
Congress has enough gunpowder to blast BJP on this count!!!
Will definitely provide BJP's anti common man account!!!
BJP's USP should be 'we solve'!!!
And 'to solve' show BJP's resolve!!!
Resolve can be shown by identifying problems and providing the solution road map!!!
Not with accusations but with answers karro Congress ko zap!!!!
The solutions automatically will paint UPA black!!
In the solutions a knockout punch BJP can pack!!!
Amar is twisting Congress's hand by saying SP's hand is being twisted by Congress!
Says if SP does not give seats into action CBI ko karre gi Congress press!!
Amar keeps calling Congress servile and spineless!!!!
And if Congress lumps all this then it is dignity-less!!!!
Without a doubt the 26/11 attack had some domestic assistance or aid!!!!
And the domestic aid was duly hired and paid!!!
The Producer, Director and 'Stars' of 26/11 were Pakistanis!!!
But they had some 'set boys' who were so called Hindustanis!!!
And Pakistan 's decision to impose Islamic law in Swat valley,
Shows that with the Taliban Paki Government strives to be pally!!!
After all as long as Taliban exist on Paki soil US will give Pakistan arms and money!
Don't you find this so very funny???
My guess is that by 2010 gold will shine to $ 1200 and what will glitter will be gold!
As of today on gold I'm totally sold!!
Confucius says ….With stocks, commodities , reality all falling money will flow into gold!!!!
And gold will go up many fold (symbolic for meteoric rise)!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
DGCA be headed by a technical person
Yes, it is true that the DGCA should be headed by a technical person. It is beyond one's understanding as to why an administrative Officer has been appointed for the purpose when there are so many capable people available in DGCA,. There are so many Technical people in DGCA who have nothing to do technically, like R & D Division and they no nothing about file work and are given clerical work in the sections like L-I, L-II, AT-I, AT-II, FID and other Directorates. The Technical people for whom there is no work to do in DGCA should be transferred to other Departments like DRDO etc. and the strength of Clerical Staff be increased to ensure the proper functioning of administrative and Clerical matter.
R S Agrawal

Let Cong and BJP come together in national interest
The best solution is for the Congress and the BJP to come to a CMP and keep away racist ones like DMJK and castiest and communalists like BSP,SP,IUML,RJD and PMK. If Congress can have a CMP with the hated IUML and BJP can have one with Shiv Sena and SAD why can't they come together on national interest.
N Krishnan

Government's appeal in the Tribunals be stopped
I fully agree about the Government's appeal in the Tribunals. Most of the cases where Article 14 & 16 of the Indian Constitution are referred and major landmark Supreme Court judgements are referred in the Original Applications, most of the majority Tribunals gives the verdict favaourable to the employees. In some cases, where the Tribunals don't order in favour of the employee, the next appellate authority i.e. High Courts gives the favourable judgments based on the Article 14 & 16 and law created by the Apex Court. Hence, the Government of India will stop appealing in cases where Article 14 & 16 are quoted by the Employees which will save the Government exchequer.
Mallikarjuna Rao TVLN

DOPT:

Recent order on timely updation and maintenance of ACR is funny
The recent order regarding timely updation and maintenance of ACR issued to all Ministries is really funny. At present, it takes about 22-23 for a Steno 'D' to be promoted on adhoc basis to Steno'C' and that too without any financial benefit. Apart from this; the earlier 2 ACPs benefit has been zeroed with the illogical 3 ACPs recommended by 6th CPC. The cadre restructure committees recommendation for upgradation of steno 'D' has been forgotten by DOPT though they issued an order to this effect in 2006.
Under the circumstances, does this ACR has any relevance. It seems that DOPT wants to keep busy with these sort of irrelevant works.
E P Biswas

Early solution of long stand demands required
I would like to raise our voice before competent authority of DOP&T for early solution of long stand demands of UDCs in Central Secretariat. They work allo the noting and drafting works in secretariat. The lowest functionary of the Central Secretariat i.e. UDC/Assistant, besides routine noting and submission of cases, is required to locate and collect other files or papers, information, data and material, if any, referred to in the receipt, or having a bearing on the issues raised therein, identify and examine the issues involved in the case and record a note. The section consisting of Assistant and Section Officer, while putting up a case, are required to see whether all the statements, so far as they are open to check, are correct; point out mistakes, incorrect statements, missing data or information(if any), draw attention to the statutory or customary procedure and point out the relevant law and rules; furnish other relevant data or information available in the Department; state the questions for consideration and bring out clearly the points requiring decision; draw attention to precedents; evaluate relevant data and information; and suggest, where possible, alternative courses of action for consideration. I, therefore, request you to solve all longstanding demands of UDCs in Secretariat i.e. Time bound promotion.
Prabhakar Mishra

Who will save us?
It is not only ACP which has been cleverly denied by this government; but think about the allotment of quarters from very good areas like Lodhi Colony(particularly type-III - 1st floor) where the bungling JE and AE have been left scot free as they are taking their own time in intimating the vacancy to Estate Office for the past 6-8 months. Though many quarters figured in the vacancy list, only a very few were allotted and nobody knows where remaining have gone. The JE and Estate Office says it is under repair for more than 8 months and how long it will take they do not know. In some quarters the repair work itself is yet to start. So this government has given the gift of waiting for nearly 25 years for this quarter and allowed the CPWD and Estate office to dictate terms and make you wait for more years apart from this 25 years according to their convenience. Who will save us?
R S Bist
Your website is a great leveller!
I am glad that after browsing your website, Rahul Gandhi, initially goaded by Arjun Singh and Pranab Mukherji, has finally opted out of the race for the Prime Ministership! Wisdom has dawned on him. He and his Mother would feel more comfortable doing the usual back-seat driving as the extra-constitutional authorities in running the government without an iota of accountability! But this could be possible only with a weak and honest PM like Dr Manmohan Singh who does not feel discomfited by such non-stop interference by the duo in day-to-day functioning of the government. Their oral instructions relating to senior level appointments, releases of grants from the PM relief fund, misuse of CBI and Income Tax authorities in falsely implicating officers and political adversaries are promptly transformed into government orders with the approval of competent authority! There is a well-oiled invisible machinery for implementing these oral instructions. This is merely a replication of the practice followed during the NDA regime. Now, under compulsions of real-politic, Sharad Pawar and Mulayam Singh Yadav have joined the fray along with L K Advani and Mayawati. Senior bureaucrats are totally confused as to whom should they shift their loyalties to? The IB is keeping a close tab on their movements. We expect the new Government (after the General Election) to abolish this unethical practice and bring a semblance of transparency in governance.
A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant)