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27,1976 batch IPS officers empanelled
This is now official. Altogether 27 IPS officers belonging to 1976 batch have been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. Those who figure in the list include Mssrs Balwinder Singh (AP), V Raj Gopal (UT), P Mahindru (Chhattisgarh), Aniruddh Uppal (HP), A K Bhan (J&K), Manjari Jaruhar (Jharkhand) Yashovardhan Azad( MP), D Sivanandan (Maharashtra), H C Meena ( Rajasthan), M M Prahraj (Orissa), Udayan Parmar, M S Bali, S P Srivastava and Alexander Danial (Uttar Pradesh), Subhash Chandra Joshi, J S Pandey, Satyavrat Bansal and Renuka Muttu (Uttarakhand), B V Wanchoo (West Bengal), K N Sharma (Gujarat), S K Upadhyay (Tamil Nadu), Dr D V Guruprasad (Karnataka), Neeraj Kumar (UT), N Mukherjee (West Bengal), Anil Kaushik (Punjab), R N Ravi (Kerala) and K Subramanyam (Maharashtra).
Sandhu to head NIA ?
The National Investigation Agency, the federal organisation to deal with terrorism across the country which is coming into force from today is likely to be headed by Nehchal Sandhu.1973 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Sandhu is presently Special Director in the IB.
Ex-CBI Chief U.S.Mishra turns Editor of Oriya Daily
Former CBI Director and retired Orissa cadre IPS officer, Uma Shankar Mishra has joined as Editor of an Oriya daily Surya Prabha, to be published by the newly registered Surya Prabha Charitable Trust, Bhubaneswar. The vernacular daily is scheduled to be launched towards third week of January 2009.
Who are the real losers?
Secretary, Pensions and Public Grievances, Rajni Rajdan, is flooded with representation of pensioners of central services who retired at the level of Additional Secretary. Their pension is fixed at a few thousand rupees above those who retired at director level, much lower than the retired IPS/IFS officers who usually retire at the level of DGP or PCCF. Rajdan has been pleading their case but Finance Ministry is unwilling to listen. The union cabinet had overruled the latter and gave a specific scale 75,500 - 80,000 to DGPs and PCCFs due to effective lobbying by All India Services. Class I officers of CCS reach up to the level of Additional Secretary only. They failed to get a pay scale of 74,500 - 79,000 and this level remains bunched in the lower Pay scale. It appears that the Finance Ministry will not even take the matter up to the cabinet and Class I CSS officers will retire in a pay scale that begins at a paltry 37,400 while their colleagues in IPS/IFS retire in a pay scale that begins at 75,500.
What is happening to the Railway Board?
The powerful post of Secretary, Railway Board is of the rank of General Manager. Laloo Yadav has succeeded in downgrading the post to the level of a Chief Engineer and posted KBL Mittal there. Mittal has been DRM in the Minister's area but could not be posted as MD of the Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation because bending the rules seemed difficult. This time, Laloo has done something which could have been considered impossible because there is no shortage of railway officers who are fit to be promoted as General Managers.
Who will be DGP of Gujarat ?
Chief Minister Narendra Modi is looking for new DGP of Gujarat as the present one, P C Pande, is retiring in March 2009. Now with Lok Sabha poll being expected to be held after March, Modi is looking for new Director General of Police for his state. Can any one guess who are in the list of Modi ?
Dr. KC Chakrabarty has backing of 10 Janpath ?
As the grapevine has it Dr. Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty, CMD, Punjab National Bank (PNB), who is in the race for the post of Deputy Governor in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has the baking of the 10 Janpath. He is one of the five candidates for the slot that vacant following retirement of Leeladhar from the post on December 5, 2008.
Will Sunil Kumar from Junior Most batch be ACS?
Grapevine has it that Sunil Kumar is returning to the parent Chhattisgarh cadre in a couple of months. 1979 batch IAS officer Sunil Kumar is presently Joint Secretary Higher Education in the Ministry of HRD in the Government of India. If he returns, he will be Additional Chief Secretary means ACS from the junior most batch in the country.
An IAS of Maharashtra cadre to join DEA
An IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre belonging to the 1993 batch is poised to join the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) as a Director.
Chakraborty is new CS of West Bengal
Ashok Mohan Chakraborty is new Chief Secretary of West Bengal. 1974 batch IAS officer Chakraborty has succeeded Amit Kiran Deb who retired on December 31.
( We said this on December 12 )
Sangeeta Singh returns to parent cadre
Director in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Sangeeta Singh is back to the parent IRS (IT) after completion of deputation tenure.
ACB to prosecute 15 IAS and IPS officers in AP
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Andhra Pradesh is reportedly going to prosecute at least 15 IAS, IPS and IFS on corruption charges.
Pressure for Joint Secretary level posts
There is a tremendous pressure for posting in Government of India (GOI) at the Joint Secretary level. It is so because there are more applicants than number of vacancies that exist.
GOI will need more IPS officers on deputation
The Government of India (GOI) will need more IPS officers on Central deputation as a total of 46 new posts created at different levels including 46 at the level of IGs had been created.
Sen is new Home Secretary of West Bengal
Resident Commissioner of West Bengal in Delhi Ardhendu Sen has taken over as new Home Secretary of the State. He is 1976 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on December 11)
Naredi's term extended
The Competent Authority has approved the proposal for extension of tenure of KC Naredi, IRS(IT:83), as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF) for a period of two years beyond 30.11.2008 and upto 29.11.2010.
IAS changes in Assam
Ms. P Devidas who is Additional Chief Secretary will hold additional charge of Chairman Administrative Tribunal. CK Das Chairman Revenue Board retired on December 31,2008.
Wish of a retiring IAS officer
Kalyani Chaudhuri, a 1973 batch IAS officer of additional chief secretary rank, who retired on Wednesday has put a message on the door of her office saying, "I do appreciate your dropping in. But I am retiring, not dying. So, forgive me for not meeting you. Kindly leave a message. Good Luck and Happy New Year. Not Goodbye. You may yet bump into me What a sense of humour ?
Sampath to take charge tomorrow
Chemicals and Petrochemicals Secretary V S Sampath is likely to take charge as Power Secretary on January 2.
IPS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh
In a major administrative reshuffle in the senior ranks of the police, the Chhattisgarh government has transferred 18 IPS officers.New postings are :- Mssrs Anil Navani DG Home Guards,Girdhari Nayak ADG CID,Ashok Awasthi IG Intelligence and IG Raipur,Y K S Thakur IG EOW,Anand Kumar Tiwari IG CID,Sanjay Pillai Additional Transport Commissioner,Mukesh Gupta IG Durg,R C Patel IG Sarguja,B S Marabi IG AJAK,Rajesh Mishra Director Prosecution,Arun Deo Gautam DIG Administration,Himanshu Gupta Additional charge DIG Planning, S K Jha SP Janjgir,P S Bara SP Railways,Om Prakash Pal SP Koriya,Neha Champavat SP Dhamtari.
IAS changes in Bihar
Atish Chandra has been appointed Vaishali DM replacing Pratima S Verma, who has been made joint secretary in the personnel and administrative reforms department. Virendra Yadav has been made Madhepura DM. Abhay Kumar Singh has been given the additional charge of the Aids Control Society MD.
IPS shake-up in Rajasthan
There is IAS reshuffle in Rajasthan. New postings are Mssrs :- Sudhakar Johri IG ACB,Dalpat Singh Dinkar IG CID (Intelligence) Mohan Lal IG Jaipur two,M C Meena IG Bikaner,Ramphal Singh IG Ajmer,K Narsimha Rao IG Telecom,Neena Singh IG Welfare,Rajiv Kumar Sharma IG Bharatpur,Janga Srinivas IG SCRB ,A Ponnuchami IG SCRB,Sunil Mathur SSB Jaipur,G C Gupta DIG CID,Amrit Kalash Excise Commissioner,Dr Pooran Jyoti Jaipur,Vijendra Bihari Jaipur,Dr Vishnu Kant SP Security and Ajay Pal SP CID.
Auraiya SP suspended
Uttar Pradesh Government has suspended the former SP of Auraiya, Ikramul Haq.
ADG shifted in TamilNadu
K.Ramanujam ADG Training, Chennai has been moved as Additional Director General of Police/Director Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Chennai.
Rajendra Kumar to move from Rajbhawan
Secretary to the West Bengal Governor K S Rajendra Kumar is all set to move.1976 batch IAS officer Kumar is being promoted to the rank of ACS.
Rati Ram retires
Rati Ram, IPS 1976 batch UP cadre retired on 31 Dec 2008. He had an illustrious career and was an outstanding officer,
J & K Secretary Tourism quits
Secretary Tourism, Naem Akhtar has sought voluntary retirement from service. He is an Information cadre officer.
D.S.Chauhan GM,NHPC goes to Delhi
D.S.Chauhan General Manager (GM) of the NHPC who was on deputation with the NHDC, Bhopal has been shifted to Delhi as GM Human Resource (HR).
Addl.charge for Y.R.Saini
Y.R.Saini Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT)-IX Chennai will hold additional charge of CIT-VI Chennai as B.K.Damor retired on December 31,2008.
V.P.Aggarwal assumes charge as AAI's CMD
V.P.Aggarwal Director (Personnel) Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken over as AAI's Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) .So far he was Dr.K.Ramalingam was CMD who retired on December 31,2008.Agrawal will have a fixed tenure of five years commencing on January 1,2009.Agarwal has also served as Executive Director (ED) with AAI's Northern and Northeastern region operations earlier. Besides, he was associated with the implementation of India's Gagan satellite-based navigation project to monitor India's skies. It may be stated here that the AAI and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are jointly developing Gagan.
(We said this on June 18,2008 & in November 2008)
Lieutenant General Noble Thamburaj is Vice Chief of the Army Staff

Lieutenant General Noble Thamburaj assumed the office of Vice Chief of The army Staff on January 1,2009. Lieutenant General Noble Thamburaj a 1969 batch officer had a distinguished career spanning 38 years. Associated with the Services right from childhood, this second generation officer is an alumnus of King George's Military School Chail, Sainik Schools Amravati Nagar and Jamnagar, and the 34th NDA Course, before he was commissioned into the Bombay Sappers.An alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, the General has done his Senior Command, Higher Command and NDC Courses. He is also accredited with higher Technical qualification, M Tech (Bldg Sc) from IIT Delhi and M Phil (Defence Studies) from Indore University.For his distinguished service, the General has been awarded Sena Medal and Chief of the Army Staff Commendation Card twice in his career.In his chequered career spanning 39 years, the General has seen action during Indo-Pak War, Counter Insurgency in North East and Jammu & Kashmir.

(We said this in November & on December 18,2008)

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CORPORATE
Rawal appointed CMD of Dena Bank
D.L.Rawal has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of State-owned Dena Bank. He has replaced P.L.Gairola, who superannuated on Wednesday.
( We said this on December 5 )
Daruwala retires
Ms H.A.Daruwalla, Chairperson and Managing Director of Central Bank of India, superannuated on Wednesday. Her successor is yet to be named.
Rahul Johri appointed new head of consumer banking
Rahul Johri has been appointed the new head of consumer banking of DBS Bank, India.
HUDCO reduces Interest Rates
HUDCO has reduced its rate of interest on Project Loan by 50 basis points and Individual home loan (HUDCO Niwas) between 100 to 125 basis points for loan upto Rs.20 lakh for floating rate of interest. The revised rate of interest will be effective from 1st January, 2009 This was annouced by KL Dhingra, CMD, HUDCO.
Rao is Airport Director
Air Controller at Visakhapatnam Airport C. Pattabhi has been promoted as Airport Director.

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Aaj Ki Aawaz
A very happy New Year,
To you and your near and dear.
In 2009 may God on us Indians pity,
And strike our Politicians with propriety and probity!
I say strike!!!
Because propriety and probity our politicians seem to dislike!!!
May the Lord make our Judiciary realize that justice should be dispensed without favor and fear!!!
When it comes to dispensing justice no one is near or dear!!
May the Lord make the Indian Voter vote with responsibility!!!
So that he or she stops voting on religion and caste basis and votes on candidate's capability!
May the Lord make our Media realize its duty and makes it keep glamour at bay!!!
And in its reporting it should say night when it's night and day when its day!!
May the Lord bless my India with citizens who put India before everything,
Start the year celebrating your Indianness and so stand up and National Anthem karro sing.
God Bless
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Forum
Retirement Age
There is a lot of talk both in favour and against the increase in the retirement age of government employees. With the increase in the life expectancy and consequent increase in productive life, the idea to increase the retirement age seems to be quite natural. But there are quite valid grounds against it also. Given the government's social engineering which is likely to continue for years to come, a large number of government servants are likely to join their jobs at an age much higher than the minimum prescribed age. With relaxations in maximum age in respect of about 50% of the work force ranging from 3 to 5 years (who are given the benefits of reservation), those who join late say at the age of around 30 years render hardly 30 years of government service. Many such officers even if they have joined the government as direct Gr. A officers hardly contribute long enough at the SAG level, wherefrom the decision making ( not policy making) actually starts. Except in the IAS and may be in a couple of other services, wherein the career progression is assured and automatic, the officers in other services many a times do not reach SAG level even after putting in 25 years of service. If the retirement age is fixed in terms of certain years of service, say 35 years, with a cap of 65 years of age (after 35 years of service, the person will retire at any age between 60 and 65), the average retirement age may still be around 62 years but the government will certainly be a gainer by getting services of almost all its public servants for some minimum years at the senior level/ SAG level. With the 6th Pay Commission in place, those retiring in Pay Band-4 get a handsome pension even if they only passed files for almost their entire service life without working at the SAG level or working only for a few years/ short period.
Rajendra
Retirement age must be raised for all to 65 years. If the government has invested heavily in scientists, so has it in the civil service.
Rita
We have been reading about this in your journal but is it possible that GOI is interested to implement this before General Election?
Dr Dhurjati Chaudhuri
Remove unfair advantage given to IAS
The unfair advantage of 2 years given to the IAS over the other Central Services should be done away with. It is totally an arbitrary and selfish provision which the IAS have perpetuated to maintain their hegemony over the other services. It is time that all the Central Services objected vehemently against this unjust and undue advantage and seek parity with the IAS on this aspect.
Meera Nair
In the present scenario employment in the government is negligible. Dependency has been growing on outsourcing and contractual appointments. By enhancing the age of retirement, the government would be availing the services of experienced personnel in the respective fields on half rate since after retirement the concerned official will be getting pension. Secondly the huge retirement benefits may be delayed for further years, which may be utilised in the development of the infrastructure and other welfare activities.
Shaukat Ali
Indian diplomacy : which neighbouring country is with us?
I think Indian diplomacy has failed in bringing our neighbours along with us. Pakistan was never with us. But surprisingly Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Mynamar, Bangladesh, etc. are also not with us? Any reason why so?
Pradeep
YOU ARE NOW AN OPINION MAKER!
From a mere information site,this website has now graduated to an opinion-maker site, which no right-thinking indian can afford to ignore!Best of luck for the next year too!
A K Saxena( A retired civil servant