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Pradeep Kumar is new Secretary Defence
Pradeep Kumar has been appointed new Secretary Defence. 1972 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Pradeep Kumar is presently Secretary Defence Production. He will succeed Vijay Singh on August 1.
( We said this on May 27 )
R K Singh is Secretary Defence Production
R K Singh has been appointed Secretary Defence Production. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Rajiv Aggarwal is Secretary Consumer Affairs
Rajiv Aggarwal will be new Secretary Consumer Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
S K Srivastava is new Goa Chief Secretary
S K Srivastava will be new Chief Secretary of Goa. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on January 27)
Who will be Special Secretary Home ?
Who will succeed Raman Srivastava as Special Secretary Home in the Government of India on August 1 ?.A panel of six names consisting of Mssrs U.K Bansal Spl.DG BSF,A.N Roy Maharashtra,N.R Das D.G CISF, N.P.S Aulakh D.G NSG ,E, P. Mukherje D.G BPR&D and Sunil Krishna D.G NHRC is under consideration of the Home Minister P Chidambaram.
IAS officer seeks VRS in Jharkhand
1986 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Jayant Munigala has applied for VRS.
Virmani tipped to be RBI, Dy. Governor
India's Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Virmani is tipped to be the new Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Virmani, whose term expired on June 30 was given three months extention. The post of Dy. Governor RBI fell vacant following the resignation of Rakesh Mohan in May 2009.
Rakesh Mohan to join McKinsey
Former Deputy Governor of RBi Rakesh Mohan is joining is likely to join McKinsey and Company's economic research wing. Rakesh Mohan had quit RBI to take up as assignment as a distinguished consulting Professor with Stanford Center.
PM to take a final view on OSDs
As the grapevine has it Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has to take a final regarding appointment of Joint Secretary rank bureaucrats as OSDs to his cabinet colleagues.
Inter-state cadre deputation rules relaxed?
The GoI is believed to have relaxed Inter-State cadre deputation rules.
Who will be Secretary Railway Board ?
With Lalu Prasad Yadav's favourite K.B.L. Mittal failing to make it to the post of Secretary Railway Board, on permanent posting, A.P. Mishra, IRSE, Advisor Vigilance, Railway Board, may be given the vital posting.
CVO post in Kandla Port Trust vacant
The post of CVO in Kandla Port Trust is lying vacant. The post was last held by Manoranjan Kumar.
Ravindra Pattar promoted as Director (Finance), ICAR
Ravindra Pattar, IAAS officer of 1993 batch, has been promoted on NBR basis as Director (Finance), ICAR, New Delhi.
Ajay Kumar tipped to be ED
Ajay Kumar of Bank of Baroda is one of the 11 General Managers (GMs) out of 50 GMs of different Public Sector Banks who had faced the interview for slots of Executive Directors (EDs) and has been short-listed.
2 IPS officers cleared in review of deferred cases
As the grapevine has it cases for review of ten IPS officers of the rank of IG was done. These cases were deferred for empanelment to Government of India (GOI). Out of them two cases were cleared.
Paramilitary forces demoralized in J & K
As the grapevine has it Central Forces in Jammu & Kashmir were facing a very tough situation. Owing to that the morale of the paramilitary forces is down as they are always on the receiving end resulting in much causality.
PMO's caution to Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister has reportedly been cautioned in writing not to take any major decisions without consulting the PMO.
Anita Chaudhury goes abroad
Anita Chaudhury, Additional Secretary (Home) has gone abroad for a training course at Harvard University again as she could not complete the training on an earlier occasion due to unavoidable reasons.
Ray to join as PS to Mukul Roy
Barun Ray is all set to join as P.S to Mukul Roy, MOS, Shipping, Government of India by the end of this month. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
32 CITs moving to CAT and CVC ?
As many 32 CITs are moving CAT and CVC against the transfer orders issued on July 11t. CBDT is huddled over the looming clouds that transfer files and basis of transfers will now be revealed to the public domain.
Mathur to be DG Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Arvind Mathur is being tipped to be Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
Kanchan is new CVO PEC
Ms. Nandita Kanchan, IRS (IT:93) has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Projects and Equipment Corporation of India Ltd. (PEC), New Delhi. She is 1993 batch IT officer.
Bhagwan Shankar gets new posting in Sikkim
Bhagwan Shankar has been posted as Commissioner cum Secretary, Knowledge Commission in Sikkim. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer.
Shailendra Aggarwal gets extension!
1986 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Shailendra Aggarwal, whose tenure as Councellor at India's Mission to WTO Geneva had come to an end in first week of July has reportedly got an extension.
Sisodia to join GoI!
R.P. Sisodia, IAS Officer of the 1991 batch of Andhra Cadre, has reportedly been posted on central deputation as Director in HRD Ministry in Higher Education.
Ram Nivas is now ADG Naxal Operations Chhattisgarh
Ram Nivas has been appointed ADG Naxal Operations in Chhattisgarh.He is 1982 batch IPS officer. Post has been created in the state.
IPS changes in Chhattisgarh
Pravir Das will be new SP Rajnandgaon.P Sunder Raj has been made SP Jagdalpur.Badri Narain Meena has been posted as SP Kavardha and Narendra Khare SP Balrampur.
IAS postings in MP
G v Rashmi will be new CEO of Zila Panchayat Bhopal. Sanjeev Singh has been posted as CEO Zila Panchayat Hoshangabad.
60 IFS officers transferred in MP
The Madhya Pradesh Government has transferred 60 Indian Forest Service Officers. Those transferred include messrs - A.K. Singh Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Director Horticulture to World Food Programme and Livelihoods, R.S. Rana Research and extention has been entrusted with the additional charge of Conservation, Vidyachandra Chief Forest Conservator WFP and Livelyhoods to Vigilance and Complaints, Sanjay Mukhariya Chief Conservator Forests Action Plan to Human Resource Development Programme, V.N. Pandey CCF Development to Administration-1, M.K. Sinha CCF Vigilance and Complaints Bhopal to Principal Rangers College Balaghat, M.C. Jai Prakash Narayan CCF Shahdol to Director Professional Examination Board, Bhopal, A.S. Dabas CCF Admin-2 to CCF Research and Extention circle Jhabua, Giridhar Rao Principal Rangers College, Balaghat to CCF Research and Development Rewa, Ramesh Kumar Gupta CCF Research and Development Social Forestry to CCF Admin-2 Bhopal, Anand Kumar Gupta CCF (Gen) Bhopal to CCF Action Plan, Bhopal, Rajesh Kumar CCF JFM Bhopal to to Rewa, Pankaj Shrivastava CCF Programme Implementation Indore to Research and Development Bhopal, Vibhas Thakur GM Khadi Gramodyog to Programme Implementation Indore, Sujay Mazumdar Forest Conservator -S Balaghat to Katni division, A.K. Baronia DFO Katni to Dy. Forest Conservator Tiger Strike Force, Bhopal, L.P.Tiwari DFO Anuppur to DFO S Balaghat, P.G.Phuljhele DFO Dindori to Anuppur, U.K. Subuddhi Conservator N Shahdol to Sehore, A.S. Tiwari DFO Bhind to N Shahdol, V.S. Hotgi Deputy Director Rangers College Balaghat to DFO Bhind, Rakesh Kumar Pathak Director Forest School, Shivpuri to Conservator Umaria, Nizam Qureshi DFO Umaria to S Shahdol, M.K. Khan Conservator Shajapur to Shivpuri, Kalika Prasad Sharma DO Shivpuro to Director Forest School, Betul, Rameshwar D. Sharma DFO N Seoni to Shajapur, Purrushottam Lal Dhiman GM Eco Tourism Board, Bhopal to Conservator Satna, A.K. Yadav DFO Satna to S Panna, Ashish Kumar Verma Conservator Rewa to GM Eco-Tourism Board Bhopal, Uttam Kumar Sharma DFO Burhanpur to Rewa, Sashi Malik Bhopal to Khandwa, A.K. Joshi DFO Khandwa to Harda, Nirankar Singh Bhopal to Tikamgarh, Chouk Singh Nanama DFO DFO Tikamgar to Dy. Conservator Forest Development Corporation, M.K. Chadar Bhopal to Conservator Damoh, K.S. Alawa DFO Bhopal to Dy Director Bandhavgarh, Bindu Sharma Dy Conservator Bhopal to IndoreL. Krishnamurthy DFO Indore to N Betul, Mohan Meena Director Forest School Betul to Conservator NVDA, Mudrika Singh Conservator S Shahdol to Instructor Rangers College Balaghat, K.S. Bhadoria DFO S Panna to DFO Morena, N. Luikham DFO Morena to Raisen, A.K.S. Chouhan DFO Raisen to Dy Conservator Forest Development Corporation, Bhopal, D.K. Agarwal Dy Conservator Forest Development Corporation to Director Forest School Amarkantak, Raghavendra Shrivastava DFO Dhar to Dewas, R.N. Verma Director Forest School Amarkantak to DFO Dhar, R.P.S. Baghel DFO N Balaghat to Khandwa, Ravikant Mishra Dy Director Bandhavgarh to N Balaghat, Keshav Singh DFO Khandwa to Burhanpur, S.S. Rawat DFO Khargone to Director Forest School, Shivpuri, R.S. Alawa DFO Raisen to Khargone, Tarun Sekhar Chaturvedi DFO Harda to Narasinghpur, V.K. Verma DFO Narasinghpur to deputy director Sanjay National Park Sidhi, A.K. Bhungaonkar dy conservator Forest Development Corporation to DFO N-Seoni, P.S. Champawat DFO S-Seoni to Dy Director Forest Development Corporation, Atul Khera DFO Guna to S-Seoni, Kamlesh Chaturvedi Conservator rogramme Implementation Bhopal to Conservator Guna.
Deputy NSA gets three months extension
Deputy NSA Leela Ponappa has been given three months extension beyond August 1 against the proposal of one year.
( We said this on July 2 )

CORPORATE
Kandasami to be Director Neyveli Lignite!
R. Kandasami is likely to be new Director (Planning and Projects) of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation. The PESB has reportedly put his name number one in the panel.
Meng takes over as CEO of Reliance Aviation
N.F. Meng has taken over as CEO of the Reliance Aviation replacing Air Marshal Ahluwalia (Retd).
Bart De Smet appointed executive member of the Fortis Board
The acting CEO of Fortis since July 1, Bart De Smet has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Fortis, SA/NV in Belgium with effect from July 1, 2009. His appointment to the board will be ratified at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on September 18, 2009 at Netherlands.
INTERVIEW - GOPAL K. PILLAI, SECRETARY HOME GoI
Police reforms to be my priority: Home Secretary
The newly appointed Union Home Secretary, Gopal K. Pillai, is giving top priority to police reforms and strengthening of intelligence agencies- which he thinks are vital for internal security of the country. Tackling the naxalite menace that is spreading to different pockets in the country is also among his top agenda. Pillai, a seasoned 1972 batch bureaucrat who belongs to the Kerala cadre had an earlier stint as a Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry. In his first interview after assuming the charge of Home Secretary talked at length with Sunil Sharma of the whispersinthecorridors.com .
Following are the excerpts:
Q. What would be your priority as Home Secretary to GoI?
A: (i) Police Reforms
(ii) Issue of policing in Jammu and Kashmir
(iii) Issues relating to North East, and
(iv) Effectively tackling and solving the Naxalite menace in the country.
Among these, I accord top priority to police reforms.
Q : What steps would be envisaged to beef up internal security in the country?
A: (i) To make Intelligence agencies more effective
(ii) Better coordination with State Government for effective internal security
(iii) In tribal areas first we solve their basic problems so that they do not go with the naxalite groups.
(iv) Both, the State and Centre are responsible for Internal Security and should work in tandem to address the issue. The media and public are also equally responsible for internal security and should pass on any vulnerable information to the police and security agencies.
Q: How do you plan to counter the naxalite problem in different parts of the country?
A: (i) To strengthen the Police Force in Rural Areas with adequate and proper training to be effectively equipped to handle the Naxalite Groups.
(ii) To solve the basic problem of tribal people like providing basic needs, solving their day to day problems of title of land, etc. so that they do not join the Naxalite Groups.
Q : What step would you advocate for effective coordination between central and state police forces?
A : Police is the subject of State Government. We can only provide them funds, expert advice, special training to police.
Q: What steps would you advocate to modernize police forces and make them more effective to tackle new age crimes?
A : Our officers are able to handle the Cyber crime. Young officers have thorough knowledge of internet, latest software which can easily identify a cyber crime.
Q. : Do you fee the need for amending the CrPC and IPC acts which experts feel are archaic? Please specify if yes or no?
A: Yes, we have already suggested two amendments in CrPC but these are not notified due to certain reasons. Some changes are required in these amendments.
Q. BJP leader Menaka Gandhi has written to the Prime Minister expressing concerns over security to Varun Gandhi. The letter has since been forwarded to you. What is the status?
A : Officially Varun Gandhi has "Y" level category security but we already upgraded him and provided uncategorized "Z" level security.
Q: Political parties blame government for discrimination in providing security cover to VIPs?
A : Security is already provided to all VIPs who are all in need of it. Security is not provided for maintaining a status symbol.
Q. After Lalgarh Naxal Operation violence did not stop. Please tell about the next Action Plan?
A : We are already on the job. We are coordinating with the States.
Q.: How can you handle the Internal Security problems, IB play s key role in internal security but IB still has lot of vacancies to be filled in at officers level?
A : Due to the downsizing policy adopted by the government, the IB is facing problems relating to shortage of officers but now, we are going ahead with recruitments in IB to make its role more effective.
Q.: Some State governments, particularly the non-Congress states blame the Union Government with non-cooperation with regards to Internal Security issues?
A : This is not correct. We are providing full cooperation to the state government as and when required. We are not only providing infrastructure to state governments but also helping and training them about its effective use. Now it is upto the State Governments to take on. We are fully supporting the West Bengal Government and we are also supporting all other State Governments for internal security.
Q: After Mumbai attack you had established NIA, but there seem to be no positive results?
A : Now we have posted more than 120 officers for NIA and in coming days results will be seen.

Forum
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion)
WPI and inflation:
The price of essential items like dhal (pulses) etc. is increasing every day without any logic. But it is very clear that all the political persons including the top brass are earning commission from this rise. Moreover, by showing WPI at the bare minimum, this government is trying to fool the public probably thinking that Public is not that much literate. For example: Arahar Dhal - a week ago was Rs.66 but now it is Rs.80. It is the same in the case of other dhals also. Though the petrol/diesel went up by about Rs.4 only, it is surprise how this increase is to the extent of Rs.14/- What a calculation and how many persons are earning commission from this.
Reddy
Transfer of ACITs- a mockery of rules
Indian bureaucracy can never be free from favoritism and manipulations. The recent promotion of Additional Commissioners of Income Tax (ACIT) is a glaring example of administrative mockery. It is evident from the list that officers who have already earlier served as ACIT, DCIT etc are posted as CITs in same lucrative place. Whether the cadre controlling authority ignores such facts while issuing posting orders or it is done deliberately for well known reasons? The CCA should adopt balanced approach and post officers in the zones/places where he/she has not been posted earlier for better and effective management of IRS cadre.
Ramesh
CBDT is selective
CBDT is so selective: The problem with the CBDT is that it has little say in the matter of transfers as the file is cleared by Minister(s) and RS. Three bureaucrats- the RS, JS Administration and Director have paralyzed the working of CBDT by always trying to put up their own preferences and stalling any move which is not blessed by them. This causes delays and issuing of orders which don't take care of the laid out policies and norms.
Sanjay Singh
Stagnation in CSS grades
Largely the need for granting MACP has arisen where the promotion has not been given to the officials because of acute stagnation in the Central Secretariat Services. Instead of asking for MACP, our main focus should be to engage the attention towards eradicating the acute stagnation we are facing and insist upon the regular promotion after 10, 20 and 30 years without linking up with the sanctioned strength in the particular grade or Organization, as in the case of Class I Officers. If this demand is acceded to by the Government then need for granting MACP does not arise. In my opinion, MACP HAS CONSTRUED TO BE ANOTHER TOOL IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CONVINCE THE SUBORDINATE OFFICERS BELONGING TO B,C AND D GROUP BY OFFERING THE NOMINAL FINANCIAL BENEFITS, IN SOME CASES, LOSSES TO SENIOR OFFICERS IN THE CADRE ITSELF AND, IN RETURN, THEY EXPECT THE SUBORDINATE NOT TO RAISE FOR THEIR ONTIME REGULAR PROMOTION. Such type of approach of the Officers should be protested by all of us irrespective of the posts. Stenographers Grade 'D' are the most affected officials. They should force the office bearers of CSSS to include the officers of Stenographer Grade 'D' who can represent in the CSSS association and if it is not agreed to by the CSSS Association then should ponder over other prudent ways. In this connection, views/cooperation's from all the Officers who belong to Stenographer Grade 'D' including PAs may be requested for. Thereafter, a strategy to fight for the common cause should be framed. If need be, a handful officers who can devote some time out of their precious time may come forward and decide on the future course of action. If need be, legal course of action can be thought of.
V P Sharma
EVMs can be manipulated
EVM can certainly be manipulated: Students of science and electronics know it for certain that it is very easy for the EVM to behave the way a manipulator wants. Since the EC has never ensured to bring in checks and balances in the process of manufacturing of the machines, any interested person/party may with the collusion of manufacturing company program the machine to tilt the final outcome of voting. If it has been actually done, it is very dangerous and needs and urgent investigation on the whole issue. Till then the EC must decide to conduct all elections and by elections by ballot box.
Shantanu Ghosh
EVMs have stopped malpractices
An unnecessary and avoidable controversy is being raised on the functioning of EVMs. Remember these were introduced with the sole purpose of removing the malpractices associated with the traditional ballot system. Ever since their introduction they have made the election process very smooth and efficient right from beginning to end. The EVMs have not only become very popular but were also appreciated in India as well some parts of the democratic world. It is really very unfortunate that after all these years of their functioning people have started questioning the trustworthiness of the EVMs which is not fair enough. I say this because as somebody who has performed election duties, I have seen the vast difference they have made to our electoral system compared to the ballot system. At least one can rectify the tampering (if any) done to EVMs but you can not do much to rectify the malpractices associated with ballot system. Finally EVMs should be continued by removing all doubts/complaints from various quarters. In any case you cannot satisfy all the people all the time.
M Raghu
BSF cadre officer gets ADG rank
Congratulations and lots of felicitations to all brother officers of BSF cadre for picking up the rank of ADG for the first time. Late, but not too late, now time has come to prove the worth and showing the world that we can lead our force better than commanders on loan. But mission is still not achieved; we want our DG to command us. My tributes and regards to all who dared to speak their mind and fought for today, this small step will become a giant jump in future.
Neeraj
Mission unaccomplished
MISSION STILL UNACCOMLISHED: Its matter great pleasure to see that first cadre officer of BSF pick up the rank of ADG. At last long awaited dream come true. But mission still unaccomplished. I am waiting for the DAY when a cadre officer will command his parent CPOS ORGANISATION. The feeling of having DG from IPS (I PLAY SAFE) in CPOS is same as what our fore fathers used to feel when Britishers were commanding us before Independence. THEY also used to think that Indians are impotent and inefficient but with the passage of time Indians proved their worth. Similarily, CPOS officers will prove their worth in coming year.
Raj
Can the staff of a Mint take all the currency printed there?
Please see the feedback of Ms. Vandana wherein she was requesting her PA fraternity to influence their bosses i.e. Cabinet Secretariat/DOPT for achieving their demands. Moreover, if you observe the step motherly treatment for 'CSS' cadre Assistants, when compared to other Central General Service i.e. Data Entry Operators, the answer must be 'YES'. Being in the position to decide for their career prospects, they had successfully achieved the pay-scale of Rs. 6500-200-10500/-after making the comparison of the pay-scales of 'Inspectors of Income Tax etc'. But, the DEOs working in attached offices are not being paid the similar pay-scales as being paid for their counter-parts by a subordinate office.
The moral of the story is the staff of the Mints can carry all the currency being printed by them.
Sankar
Fight for justice
I fully support VM. I appeal to all sufferers to come out in the open and fight for justice, be it fighting with our very own associations. After all what have they done for Gr 'D' stenographers? And if they have claimed to, then the results have been zero.
Seema
Stenos Grade D ignored lot
This is with regard to VM's concern on Steno Grade D. What he has written about Grade is much less. Actually 1981 batch of Grade is yet to get regular promotion i.e. a wait of 28 years. ACP at lower level not only is much worse, inhuman and unthought-of approach of 6th CPC, Ministry of Finance and Department of Personnel. I have written earlier that CSSS Association is taking up the plight of Grade D with the Government regularly, As President of the CSSS Association, I am sorry to say that very few Grade D personnel are associating themselves with the Association. Whenever, we get an opportunity to meet them, we tell them that they are the future of this Association & CSSS Cadre and request them to come forward. All Stenographers are welcome to address their views, suggestions, grievances, problems to the Association at csss.assn@gmail.com. They will get the feedback of the efforts being made by the Association.
Suresh Kumar
I am a Keralite and fan of Mohanlal. But Lt. Col? When none of the Jawans he immortalised never got it should he get it for having acted in two films that exploited sentiments and minted money? Even his producer /director Major Ravi did not get it inspite of having seen (perhaps!) combat.
Mr.Antony does not hurt our feelings. The maximum age for entry into T.A. is 42 years and please do not make a mockery of it, what to talk about the actor's age and his medical fitness! Boarders raise your voice. This is the ARMY we are talking about and not BLANK BULLETS OF FILMS.
Patriot
This RTI Column is very interesting and informative. Can it be made a daily feature?
Hemant Gera