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Satyam scam casts its shadow on RBI
The Satyam scam has cast its shadow on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as well. The process for selection of Deputy Governor has been delayed. Reason for this is that Professor M Rammohan Rao, Dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, who was one of the members of the search committee has resigned from ISB. So now the Government of India (GOI) will have to nominate a new incumbent. It may be stated here that Rao had presided over the controversial meeting of Satyam's board of directors approving acquisition of Maytas Properties and Maytas Infra on December 16, 2008.
Neelam Kapoor is new DG DAVP
Neelam Kapoor has been appointed new DG of the DAVP.1982 batch Indian Information Service (ISS) Officer Neelam Kapoor is presently DG PIB.
Frank Naronha moves to Delhi
Frank Naronha has been moved from Bangalore to Delhi as DG PIB.
He is 1982 batch IIS officer
Mizoram Chief Secretary goes, set to join GoI
Mizoram Chief Secretary Haukhum Hauzel has been changed. 1974 batch IAS officer Hauzel is now all set to join the Government of India to the rank of Secretary.
( We said this on December 10 )
40 more IAS posts for Karnataka
The Centre has sanctioned 40 new IAS posts for the Karnataka government. With this the number of IAS officers will go up from the present 259 to 299.
Ramesh Chander appointed Ambassador
Ramesh Chander, currently Consul General of India in Edinburgh, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Belarus.
Will the BJD split from NDA to join UPA?
Will the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) being headed by Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik switch over from the NDA to the UPA? According to political pundits, answer to this question is in the "affirmative."
No FM likely now
As the grapevine has it, Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh is not in a mood to induct anybody as the Finance Minister in his team.
IPS transfers in Uttar Pradesh
Following SSP level IPS officers have been transferred in Uttar Pradesh:Braj Raj Meena SSP Ghaziabad ,Ravi Kumar Lokku-Gazipur,V.K.Dohre-Jaunpur,Preetender Singh -Sitapur,Rajesh Modak-Mirzapur & Prashant Kumar-Shahjehanpur.
IAS transfers in Uttar Pradesh
Following IAS officers have been transferred in Uttar Pradesh:V.K.Malhotra Chairman Revenue Board to Chairman PICUP, R.Ramni Chairman Revenue Board, V.Rajgopalan Resident Commissioner Delhi, J.N.Chamber Additional charge of Secretariat Administration,Chandra Prakash Principal Secretary IT & Electronics, Parmeshwar Iyer Principal Secretary Forest ,B.M. Meena Principal Secretary Minority Welfare & Waqf , B.B.Singh Bisen Principal Secretary Agriculture & Agrieducational Research & Dheeraj Sahu Special Secretary National Integration.
Pankaj Agrawal goes to Singapore
Pankaj Agrawal who so far was CMD Power Discom, Jabalpur, has gone to Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore to do one-year course of Masters in Public policy. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
From Sub-Inspector to Joint Director in CBI
M Narayanan, a CBI cadre officer is the only officer in CBI history to rise to the rank of Joint Director after starting his career as a Sub-Inspector. Narayanan has been promoted to the rank of Joint Director recently.
Railway promotions and postings
P K Mishra, SG/IRSME/ER has been transferred to NFR and appointed to officiate in SA grade and posted in the cadre.B Mundiya, SG/IRSME/WCR has been moved to Rail Coach Factory and appointed to officiate in SA grade and posted in the cadre.P U K Reddy, SG/IRSME/ICF has been appointed to officiate in SA grade on ICF itself against a newly created work charged post. Atulya Sinha, SG/IRSME/RDSO, has been posted to DLW and appointed to officiate in SA grade and posted in the cadre. B M Prasad, SG/IRSME/ICF has been appointed to officiate in SA grade on ICF itself and posted in the cadre.
IRTS officer Ms Neenu R Ittyerah gets SAG
1989 batch IRTS officer Ms Neenu R Ittyerah has been promoted to the SAG in SR itself.
Ms. Sunita Chibba is Advisor, MMSME
Ms. Sunita Chibba on being promoted to the senior administrative grade (SAG) is Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MMSME). She is an Indian economic Service (IES) officer of the 1982 batch.
1993 batch IAS to be promoted in Jharkhand
Three 1993 batch IAS Officers Mssrs Avinash Kumar, Sahjanand Sharma and SS Meena are being promoted to the rank of Secretary.
DG AIR News to retire
DG AIR news P K Bandopadhyay is superannuating next month.
IDAS postings
IDAS officer P Sukumaran has been transferred from Thiruvananthapuram to Avadi, Chennai. N S Pillai has been moved from Kollam to Thiruvananthapuram.
Courtesy of staff in J & K House, Delhi laudable
Courtesy of the staff posted in Jammu & Kashmir (J & K) House, Delhi is quite laudable.
Maharashtra Ministers in a hurry
As the grapevine has it, Ministers of the Maharashtra Government are in a hurry as the state assembly polls are to be held in one year's time.
Two vacancies of Judicial Members in CAT
There are now vacancies of Judicial Members in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
Three IPS officers are RPOs
1995 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer R Sivakumar is now Regional Passport Officer in Kolkata, and as such he is 3rd IPS in the country as RPO. Vittul Kumar and Zaidi, IPS are working as Regional Passport Officers at Chandigarh and Lucknow respectively since long.
Rana is Political Advisor to Omar Abdullah
Devender Singh Rana, MLC has been appointed as Political Advisor to J & KChief Minister Omar Abdullah .

CORPORATE
Prices of plastic go down by 40 per cent
Prices of plastic have gone down by 40 per cent. It augurs well for India, which is facing the heat of Economic meltdown.
Ideal for building houses by plot owners
Experts say that it is ideal time for construction of houses by those who own their plots of land. It augurs well for India, which is facing the heat of Economic meltdown.
MMTC Director gets award
Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation Director Amarendra Mahapatra has been presented "Bharat Gaurav Award" by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit.
Viswanathan promoted
Shekar Viswanathan has been promoted in the Toyota Kirloskar Motor from the position of whole-time director to Deputy Managing Director (Commercial).

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Does Congress want Rahul to do an Omar in Dilli?????
Just empty sloganeering makes matters look silly!!!
I too would like a young man to be at the helm of affairs!!!!
Compare Omar's and Rahul's resumes and you'll realize not too good Rahul fares!!
Rahul has no Ministerial experience and this is a big negative point!!!!
Why in this UPA Cabinet in the latter years Rahul ko Mantri nahi kiya appoint??
After all Congress is going to the Public with its latest five year stint!!!!
Hoping to sell its five years in power and hoping votes it'll be able to mint!!!
When he's not been a part of the Sarkaar how will they position him???
They can say that in Congress everything is as per Gandhi family's whim!!!
But I feel Rahul was and maybe is till not ready to give up his Baba tag!!!!
He's nearing forty and the tag is now like a rag!!!
Or maybe Congress feels that as its performance has been dismal it needs a novel plank!!
Maybe it feels that without a plank its votes will tank!!!
Some old hand Congresis want a greenhorn as PM because they would be in demand!!!
So that more influence they can command!!
I feel if Congress wins let Mohna be the PM and Rahul his understudy as a Minister!!
And then midway make him the Boss from being an assister!!!
And there are 101 excuses that can be used for Mohna...midway... to leave PMO!!!
An order from Sonia and he'll go!!!!
One example of excuse... Mohna'll say his got a headache in his stomach or pett!!!
Another one..... I've been having the urge to to give it all up of late!!!
Shibu Soren is again in a fix... lost the election and no he'll have to go!!!
To resigning he cannot say no!!!!
Like they say Public is no one's fool!!!
Will he nominate a flunky or will if be President's rule!!!!
Pakistani Leaders keep harping that the Mumbia attackers were non State performers!!
A very wrong analogy for the Taj, Oberoi, CST and Cama stormers!!!
Irman Khan keeps harping this line as in the Pakistan arena he wants a foothold!!!
In the last election his Party was knocked out cold!!!
This is what one Playboy says …. what about the other called Zardari!!!
Who has the same mindset or maansik bimaari!!!
Situation in Pakistan is getting bad to worse!!!!
And without a doubt Pakistan is now Duniya ke liye ek curse!!!
Palin still has nightmares of her meeting with Zardari or Mr. Das Takka!!!
He gave Pakistan 's plummeting reputation another dhakka!!!
PC prides himself to be Mr. Know All so he must have known what Satyam was up to!!
Now it should be found out why did he not do what as FM he was supposed to do!!!
For example how did they miss the huge non performing cash in Satyam's balance sheet!!
In fact such a huge non performing amount in a balance sheet is a record or feat!!!
The enormity of the scam and the time period makes it not being detected improbable!!
And collusion on a massive scale is highly probable!!!
Raju is the new Telgi on the block!!!!
Stand in the same dock!!!
Confucius says….. this scam has left India Inc.'s reputation in shambles or in the dump!!!
Now most will look more closely before into India Inc money they pump!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
DDA's statement is mind-boggling
DDA's statement that 3 months period is required to examine the large applications and its software obtained for the purpose is foolproof is mind-boggling and head scratching to any sane person.
Had the software been foolproof then how the following errors crept up;
i) Computer accepting data of applicant with 4-5 person applying from the same residence ?
ii) Accepting the application with similar tel/mobile no. of many more applicants?
iii) Accepting applications from who is non resident of Delhi?
These were the primary criteria for making one eligible to apply for house and that software developed should have rejected such applications not coming within these above 3 criteria, then and there? It shows that software developed by IIT for the purpose is with some malafide modus operandi and DDA policy makers were also unmindful of this vital aspect!! Had this aspect been kept in view ,there was no need of manual examination of applications any further?
Besides the statement of DDA is a matter of laughing stock when it says that 3 months time is not sufficient to examine 5-6 lakh applications. In that case DDA must extend the dead line for declaration of draw until all the applications are properly examined. Existing DDA staff are certainly not capable of doing right things and they are habitual to give the perpetual pain to citizens. There is a strong need to revamp all DDA establishment /MCD/NDMC and new dedicated and honest establishment should take over forthwith.
In view of above, just declared draw should be scrapped and in lieu new applications should be called and applications for those who couldn't figured in the draw due to alleged malpractices, should be retained for future draw.
A Concerned Citizen
Does govt understands blackmailing only?
Have you seen heart doing discrimination in blood supply to different parts of body ? Why the government does not understands this ? Why different organisations /cadres only get benefits based on their strength of blackmailing ? Why can not there be standard pay /benefits depending on predefined categories ? All arms of government are equally important for good governance .Pay parity concept accepted by cabinet (2 years behind IAS ,actually 4 increments ),why the delay ? Government will save lot of time, effort of cadre reviews ,heart burn of different cadre and achieve better cohesiveness .Same exam ,a person low in merit ,but faster promotions and vice versa ,you will find all sorts of examples .HR will be given some importance in corridors of power .Armed Forces Blackmailed ,got some unjustified demand met .Deputy Secretary and equivalent left in the lurch .Now it is the turn of OIL PSU Officers and this continues ? Why not equal pay for equal work principle enforced .
AG
Pay parity is the only solution
It should be understood by all that every service is in one or other supporting role to the GoI. When it comes to demanding it is remembered that certain wings are for so called supporting and it is forgotten that all are for supporting the government only.
The present trend of pressure tactic by various organs is likely to inflate further. Pay parity appears to be only amicable solution to the problem, if strikes by various organs & wastage of precious time & resources are to be contained.
V K Singh
Lies + Damned Lies = Truth … The Satyam
The corporate governance, ethics, transparency and morality, the lofty ideals, were all thrown to the winds. This fraud is mother of all scams in India and can euphemistically be designated as "India's Enron"! Raju, the former Chairman of the firm is reportedly absconding after confessing his guilt. His arrest is imminent. Employees, clients, investors- have all been taken for a ride!
For a 500 Fortune firm listed with NYSE, committing such a crime is the most reprehensible event to happen. India's image is irreversibly damaged with huge loss to the Market. The credibility of all Indian IT firms, as global giants, is at stake. Response of the GOI, as always, is lukewarm-- passing on the buck to DG (Police), AP. The three-tier safeguard mechanism in the firm has not failed but the company's executives occupying the tiers are participants in the fraud itself . This involves inflating the company's balance sheet to generate a misleading impression amongst the stake-holders about its cash-richness in the guise of retaining its position as a 500 Fortune company. The three tiers are: the Internal Audit, the External Audit (The Price WaterHouse, a global consultant) and, last but not the least, the Board of Directors. The role of independent Directors merits special investigation .It is understood that a covert attempt is being made by the power that be, to absolve all independent directors of the Satyam Computers of their criminal misconduct just because they involve several celebrities including T R Prasad, the former Cabinet Secretary in the central government. If Raju is arrested, how can other Directors on the Board, both full-time regulars and the part-time independents be let off? All are equal partners in this criminal conspiracy. I say this because in the wheat scandal case of STC, the name of another former Cabinet Secretary, figures in the charge-sheet filed by the CBI in the court and investigations are underway! It also needs to be investigated whether the external Auditor( The Price Water House ) had been regularly submitting the mandatory "true and fair view of financial statements" certificates in respect of the defaulting firm, during the past , for the Board's approval. If not, why was the same not questioned by the Members of the Board? The gravity of the criminal conspiracy is too serious to be left to the care of the Andhra Pradesh government and its DG (Police) due to its widespread ramifications. This is in fact, a fit case for investigation by the CBI, which is our only hope today.
A K Saxena (retired civil servant)
TAIL-PIECE
The Ten Commandments of Management For Twenty First century.
1.' Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss
of enthusiasm.' WINSTON CHURCHILL. .
2. 'Plans are useless but planning is indispensable.' EISENHOWER..
3. 'The Company without a stratigy is willing to try anything ' MICHEL PORTER.
4.' Elephants have a hard time adopting. Cockroaches outlive
everything.' PETER DRUCKER.
5. 'If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the
problem'. VLADIMIR LENIN.
6. 'Fire the planners. Stop thinking, and act'. TOM PETERS.
7. ;Only way to look forward is to look far ahead'. JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET.
8. ;Leaders must be partners with their people.' KEN BLANCHARD.
9. 'The important thing is not to know the answer but to have the
telephone number of the people who know it'. LES LUTHIERS.
10. 'The biggest enemy of the marketing people is Excel'. C K PRAHALAD
Contributed by -Vivek Dhawan