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Moorthy appointed Chairman of CBDT
S Suriya Narayana Moorthy has been appointed Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).On Friday his name was cleared for the post. He is 1973 batch IRS officer.
( We said this on January 24 )
Sudhakara is new Chairman of Settlement Commission
Suresh Trikha could not make it. On Friday B R Sudhakara was appointed Chairman of the Settlement Commission. He is 1973 batch IRS officer.
Gupta to be Member of SAFEMFOPA
S C Gupta is being tipped to be new Member of the SAFENFOPA.He is 1974 batch IRS officer.
Ms Sujatha Rao is now Secretary NACO
Ms K. Sujatha Rao hitherto Special Secretary and Director General, National Aids Control Organization, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been appointed as Secretary, Department of AIDS Control and Director General, National Aids Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. She is 1974 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
14 IAS officers to retire this month
Altogether 14 IAS officers are superannuating by this month end. They are Mssrs:- N Balachandran (UT), P K Naidu and P K Agrawal (AP), Jagannath Sharma (Bihar), A K Rath (Jharkhand), Veena Sriram Rao (Karnataka), J Sudhakaran and P B Sidharthan (Kerala), G N Haldea and S K Mittal (Rajasthan), G R Barva and D N Dubey (UP) and B C Meena and K K Pal (West Bengal),.
Cadre of IPS officer changed
Cadre of Ms. Princee Rani has been changed from Nagaland to Manipur-Tripura on the ground of marriage. She is 2005 batch IPS officer.
IPS officer to go on deputation to Karnataka
M Chandra Shekhar is going on deputation to Karnataka. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
What is the mystery ?
Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami and Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla have become great friends these days. Now people in the corridors of power are curious to know the reason behind it.
Praveen Prakash joins Syracuse University
Praveen Prakash has joined Syracuse University for mid career program in public affairs . He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on December 10,2008)
Assam cadre IAS of 1984 batch promoted as PS
Four IAS officers of the Assam cadre who belong to the 1984 batch have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary (PS). Of them three are in the state while K.V.Eapen who on Central deputation to Government of India (GOI) is Joint Secretary Financial Services has been given proforma promotion. Others who have been promoted are: Alok Kumar, S.L.Mewara & Devinder Kumar.
Devinder Kumar is new RC to Assam Government in Delhi
Devinder Kumar who has been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary (PS) has been posted by the Assam Government as its Resident Commissioner (RC), in Delhi.He is an IAS officer of the Assam cadre who belongs to the 1984 batch.
Dr Zaidi gets additional charge
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the assignment of additional charge of the functions of Representative of India (ROI) on the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization, (ICAO) to Dr. Nasim Zaidi, IAS(UP:76), Director General of Civil Aviation under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, for a period of three months or till new incumbent on the post of ROI, ICAO is appointed, whichever is earlier.
Will Salim Ali join NIA ?
Name of Joint Director in CBI Salim Ali has also started doing the round for the newly constituted National Investigating Agency (NIA).He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Who will be new Chief Secretary in Maharashtra ?
Ratnakar Yashwant Gaikwad 1975 batch IAS officer will in all probability be the next CS after the present CS Johny Jospeh retires in May 2009. 1973 batch Chandra Iyengar ACS will take over Home and JP Dange 1973 will take over Revenue.
Balasubramaniam to be CVO of Neyveli Ltd
K S Balasubramaniam is being appointed new CVO of the Neyveli Lig Ltd. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Final decision about Dy Governor RBI next month
A final decision regarding new Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely in February 2009, though the search committee has met. Reason for this is that Arun Ramanathan Secretary Financial Services i.e. Banking, is away to London & would be back in India on February 2,2009.
Uday Shankar is Deputy Advisor to Planning Commission of India
Uday Shankar on his return from deputation in the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) has been appointed as Deputy Advisor to Planning Commission of India (PCI). He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer.
Race for the post of Joint Secretary, Health begins
Race has begun for the post of Joint Secretary Health in GOI, which has fallen vacant following departure of Pravir Krishna to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for next year's Commonwealth Games. So far he was Joint Secretary Health in Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
IAS officers lag behind Foreign Service officers
Believe it or not, unlike the past, this time around the India Foreign Service (IFS) officers have a reason to feel great in real terms. Reason is very simple their 1990 batch is almost clearly on the verge of being promoted as Joint Secretary.However, as far as IAS officers were concerned their empanelled colleagues of the 1989 batch are yet to start getting their postings.
Vijay Trivedi to be posted in WHO ?
Grapevine has it that Vijay Trivedi IFS Counsellor in PMI Geneva is getting posted in WHO Geneva .
Dr Guruprasad gets DG rank in Karnataka
Dr.D.V.Guruprasad, IPS KTK 1976 has been promoted to the rank of DGP and posted as DGP, Corps of Detectives, Economic Offences, Training and Special Units. He succeeds Dr.Ajay Kumar Singh who is taking over as DGP of Karnataka State
Ms. Rajul Bhatt promoted
Ms. Rajul Bhatt who so far was DGM Marketing Dak Bhawan in Delhi on Promotion to the junior administrative grade (JAG) has been posted as Director Core banking solutions. She is an Indian Postal Service (IPS) officers who belongs to the 2000 batch.
Dube promoted in BSNL
A K Dubey, ITS officer, has been promoted to HAG. He has been moved from CGM ETR to PGM (D) CTD.
Order of Sinha cancelled
Transfer order of L K Sinha, SAG/IRSME/South Central Railway to South East Central Railway, has been cancelled.
Transfer postings in Railways
J Majhi, SG/IRSME/South East Central Railway, has been appointed to officiate in SA grade and posted in the cadre on the Railway itself. L R Trivedi, SG/IRSME/DLW has been moved to East Central Railway. R Rajgopal, SG/IRSME/South Western Railway has been transferred to Eastern Railway and appointed to officiate in SA grade and posted in the cadre.A K Rana, SG/IRSME/Railway board has been shifted to DMW. S K Gupta, SG/IRSME/East Coast Railway, has been posted to South Eastern Railway and M K Garg, SG/IRSME/COFMOW to NorthEast Frontier Railway.
Gaurav Dave to go on deputation
Gaurav Dave, SAG/IRSEE is , proceeding on deputation.
CBI raids AIR Ahemdabad SD
CBI has raided the premises of All India Radio (AIR) director Ahemdabad Sadhna Bhatt.
S.P.Gautam to be new Chairman of Central Pollution Control Board
S.P.Gautam is going to be new Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board for a term of three years.At present he is Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board and will assume his new charge next month.
IFS officers transferred in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh Government has transferred following officers belonging to the Indian Forest Service (IFS): Mahendra Yadvendu Forest Development Corporation, R.B.Mahela Conservator Forest (CF) Hoshangabad, Vivek Jain Action Plan Ujjain, A.K.Nagar Kanha Tiger Reserve Mandla, Vikram Singh Parihar Panna National Park, A.K.Mishra Palpur Kuno Reserve Shyopur, Hari Shankar Mohanty Kanha Tiger Reserve Buffer Zone, Mohammed Saeed Khan DFO Hoshangabad, Sanjay Moharrir DFO Betul, Sanjay Kumar Shukla Dewas, Suresh Kumar Palash DFO Neemuch,Y.P.Singh DFO Chhindwara, D.C.Gupta Chhindwara,Nirankar Singh PCCF office Bhopal, Ravindra Saxena DFO Obaidullahganj, M.L.Khan Morena & Shiv Prasad Sharma Bhopal.
Mishra appointed HC to Trinidad
Malay Mishra presently Joint Secretary in MEA, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago in succession to J.S. Sapra.
Singh appointed Ambassador to Croatia
Pradeep Singh presently Ambassador of India to Finland, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Croatia in succession to Rajiva Misra.
Puneet Kansal gets selection -grade
1996 batch IAS officer Puneet Kansal OSD, Tourism Department, Sikkim House, New Delh has been given Selection Grade
Sanmar Group bags SAIL's Golden Jubilee BMQB Trophy
A team from Sanmar Group, Chennai has won Steel Authority of India Ltd's Golden Jubilee Business & Management Quiz Bonanza (BMQB) Trophy. SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta presented the trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh to the Sanmar team at the finals of the mega quiz event held at Habitat Centre in New Delhi on January 29,2009. The runners-up team from Sun Microsystems won Rs. 50,000 and a trophy.Around 100 teams from top corporate houses and management schools across the country participated in the mega quiz event organized by SAIL as part of its ongoing celebrations to mark the golden jubilee of production by its plants, with the wider aim of encouraging business and management professionals and students to enrich their knowledge base. Marathon quiz contests were organized in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and New Delhi during the past fortnight and the top two teams from each region battled it out in the national finals that saw gruelling rounds of intense quizzing and a nerve-racking tie-breaker. All the regional winners got attractive cash prizes and trophies and participants of the audience rounds were rewarded not only for the right answers but also for their creativity.Roongta congratulated the winners and thanked the participants for being part of SAIL's golden jubilee celebrations. He announced that SAIL BMQS will be an annual feature henceforth. SAIL Director (Personnel) Mr G. Ojha, in his address, appreciated the institutionalisation of the quizzing culture in SAIL.Earlier in the day, teams from SAIL's own plants and units battled it out in the company's annual internal quiz competition, Saksham, for the SAIL Director (Personnel)'s Cup at the same venue. The event was won by the team from Central Marketing Organisation of SAIL which narrowly pipped the previous year's champions, Bhilai Steel Plant, to the post.
No decision about Chairman Railway Board ?
Who will be new Chairman of the Railway Board. So far no decision has been taken.Present Chairman K C Jena is superannuating on January 31.

CORPORATE
Mina to be Director (Personnel) NHPC !
RS Mina , ED(Consultancy) has reportedly been short listed at no: 1 position for the post of Director(Personnel), NHPC. Interviews were held on Wednesday.
Kohli is number two in panel
Lalit Kohli is number two in the panel prepared by the PESB for the post of Director (Personnel) NHPC.
Dhiman Parija appointed ED
Dhiman Parija has been appointed executive director (Siliguri) of NHPC Ltd

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Political alliances will now take centre stage!!
Political scenario post election karr rahi hai Political Parties gauge!!
PM aspirants Pawar and Mulayam are now in total election mode!!!
'Into the battle for seeking and making alliances both rode'!!!!
Rahul Baba is off to Gujarat to woo the youth!!!!
His detractors say Rahul pe sawaar hai youth ka bhoot!!!
With such a huge voting chunk in this bracket!!!
Rahul's sure making the right racket!!!
While he's in Gujarat hope he takes notes as to what makes Modi so popular!!!
And not lend his ear to stupid plans and tricks to make Modi unpopular!!!
Don't paint Modi black!!!!
In his baggage 'only white paint (positiveness)' Rahul should pack'!!!!
Taking on Modi would be like kicking apne aap ko!!!!
Modi's got an impressive track record and Rahul Baba has nothing to show!!!
One thing is for sure if Modi is made the PM aspirant he'll get the majority vote!!!!
If you ask me BJP's majority vote will bloat!!!!
Majority minority vote will be divided between those who treat them as their vote bank!!!
Like Congress jo karr rahi hai majority minority vote pe bank!!!!
Advani simply cannot enthuse voters and should play a Father figure role!!!!!
I know my saying this is going to make him one dukhi soul!!!
But if the Party comes first he will introspect!!!!
Inspect and arrive at the right prospect!!!
Believe me he's BJP's stumbling block!!!
And this is the opinion of many in his (BJP) flock!!!!
Pub Culture is making our youth go awry!!!
And if something is not done we'll all be very sorry!!!!
And for God's sake please do away with the surrogate alcohol ads!!!!
These ads have a big impact on our girls and lads!!!
Its 'khoya khoya Chand again' Chandra Mohan aka Chand has gone AWOL again!!!
He's Bhajan's family's bane!!!!
Bhajan they say nowadays has developed a hatred for the moon!!!!
He grumbles at night and is happiest at noon!!!
I too am flummoxed…. a dancer and actress getting preference over a medal winner!!!!
How did they omit medal winner Vijendra …. for this who is the sinner!!!
The actress may have got the award because of Amar!!!!
And the dancer got the award for shaking for years her kammar (hip)!!!
Believe me they are going to make a hash of Satyam and in the end,
Into bankruptcy Satyam they'll send!!!
Fact….. reputation is a primary concern!!!!
Companies on reputation do discern!!!
Confucius…. like they say if you've lost your reputation you've lost all!!!!
But our Sarkaar refuses to read the writing on the wall!!!!

Bharat Kumar

Forum
CPC has also recommended…
Among other things, the CPC has also made the following recommendation,
"Whenever any IAS officer of a particular grade carrying a specific grade pay in pay bands PB3 or PB4, grant of higher pay scale on non functional basis to the officers belonging to batches of organized Group A services that are senior by two years or more should be given by the Government".
This recommendation has been accepted by the Central Government and implemented by IPS and IFS by amending their pay rules. However, even after 5 months of the acceptance of the recommendation no order has been issued in this regards for other organized Group A services.
Therefore it is requested to the concerned authority to please look into the matter and do the needful at the earliest so that frustrated officers (not getting promotion in time) can get little benefit on higher pay.
Tarun
It's positive and constructive !
Finally some positive and constructive view from someone. Definitely, we should fight unanimously for a common cause. What we normally do is fight amongst ourselves, what the other cadre has got , which cadre is doing more work, work of which cadre is more important. These are all irrelevant issues. The benefit ultimately goes to none. Like in the case of the final result of Departmental Exam for SO/PS. They want results to be declared separately. The result being that, though long overdue, the results have still not been declared. So the final result of Departmental Exam of Gr. C is pending. Priorities should be accorded to the matter and work should be done in unity. Talking about stagnations, and LDC cries that he is being stagnated, a Gr. D has his version. Why not fight for a common cause, whether it is LDC, UDC or Gr'D', or Assistant/PA, promotions should be time bound and the officials responsible for delay in promotions should be penalised. Let us all step forward and form associations ministry wise and fight for a common cause.
Vandana
Seven Cong favourites retiring ?
Reportedly, seven IAS officers of the rank of Secretary are retiring next month who are Congress faviourites. Hence, for their benefit to utilize their services in elections for Party's benefit, it is most likely that the retirement age may be increased to 62 years from the present 60. It may be a great help to them and the party but alas! is there anyone worried about the unemployment and career blockage of those who were aspiring to get job in these two years and probably they may be overage due to this. If it comes it may be a bad decision not only for those youths but for country as a whole for a little selfish benefit.
S K Sharma
Attn DoPT
In continuation of our voice raised on whisper, I would like to bring the following points for the kind consideration of Department of Personnel & Training in respect of pitiable condition of UDCs in Central Secretariat.
(i) The posts of UDCs ( Possessing Graduate Qualifications) should be immediately upgraded to the post of Assistants in Central Secretariat so that they would get their due.
(ii) The promotional channel in secretariat should be smooth and fast for UDCs too.
I, therefore, request to competent authority of Dop&T for early solution of service and promotional matter of UDCs of CSCS.
Prabhakar Mishra
It's a shame on DoPT
It is shameful to mention here the work of DOP&T . Since a long time, It couldn't finalise the seniority list as well as promotion related matters of non gazetted employees of Central Secretariat. In these days, 1987 batch of UDCs are not become regular Assistants. We the employees of Secretariat has been not given our due on the front of promotion while the officials of other central government organizations such as CBEC/CBDT/Pay & Accounts Offices - Tax Assistants(Earlier it was LDCs) promoted as Sr. Tax Assistant and Jr. Accountant promoted as Sr Accountant within 5 years of services. This type of rule should be applied in Secretariat and Graduate UDC of Central Secretariat should be promoted as Assistant after 4-5 years of Service.
H Meena