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Rajiv Aggarwal appointed Secretary Consumer Affairs
Rajiv Aggarwal has been appointed new Secretary Consumer Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on July 13)
Lt Gen Singh writes to Army Chief to sort out age controversy?
Lt Gen V.K. Singh has written three letters to the Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor to sort out the controversy over his age. Army records have two different birth dates for Gen V.K. Singh. One record says he was born in 1950 and the other said 1951. Kapoor has forwarded all the three letters to the Defence Minister.
Arun Mishra set to join ICAO
Arun Mishra Joint Secretary to Government of India (GOI) in the Civil Aviation Ministry is all set to take a flight to Montreal for slot of India's representative at the International Civil AviationOrganisation (ICAO), Montreal. He is IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on May 5,2009)
U.K.Bansal tipped to be Secretary Internal Security
As the grapevine has it U.K.Bansal is tipped to be new Secretary Internal Security in Government of India (GOI). He is an IPS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre
Who will be new DGP of Bihar?
Who will be new DGP of Bihar? Tie is said to be between 1973 batch IPS officer Anand Shankar and 1975 batch IPS officer Neelmani.
Will Madhukar Gupta succeed Padamanabhaiah?
Former Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta is likely to replace Centre's Nagaland interlocutor K. Padamanabhaiah.
Uday Sahay to be ADG Commonwealth Games
Uday Sahay who has sought VRS is joining as ADG (Communications) Commonwealth Games. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
IFS officers hailing from Bahujan Samaj to boycott Menon's farewell
Officers of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) hailing from the "Bahujan Samaj" have decided to boycott the proposed farewell party to the Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon scheduled on July 30, 2009. These officers have alleged that Menon, during his tenure has ignored them in postings.
Mukul Goyal empanelled as IG
Mukul Goyal, IPS (UP cadre :1987 batch) has been empanelled as IG at the Centre in the review meeting. Presently, he is posted as DIG, ITBP.
R.P.Singh empanelled as IG
R.P. Singh, IPS (PB cadre :1985 batch ) has been empanelled as IG at the Centre in the review meeting. Presently he is posted in Punjab.
Sinha is now PS to MoS External Affairs
K.A. Prasad Sinha is now Private Secretary to Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Arun Goyal goes to Kabul on promotion
Arun Goyal, IAAS officer of 1993 batch, has been promoted on NBR basis and given foreign posting at Kabul, Afghanistan.
Post of Chief Commissioner, Customs and Central Excise to go to 1977 batch
Grapevine has it that the post of Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise will go to the 1977 batch. The matter will reach the UPSC soon.
IRS officer is PS to MoS Surface Transport
Asit Singh has been appointed Private Secretary MoS in the Ministry of Surface Transport and Highways. He is 1991 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Sharma joins as CEO of UIDAI
Ram Sewak Sharma has joined as DG and Mission Director of the Unique Identification Authority of India headed by Nandan Nilekani. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
(We said this on July 15)
IAS Officer or Real Estate King?
A piece of paper, supposedly circulated by a journalist, is currently the hot topic of discussion these days in the various lunch clubs of Rajasthan Secretariat. It contains a list of 27 plots in Jaipur owned by a powerful bureaucrat, considered close to the powers that be of Rajasthan.
Ms Dayalan gets lateral shift
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment by lateral shift, of Ms. Ajanta Dayalan, IA&AS(78), Joint Secretary in the National Authority for Chemicals Weapons Convention, under the Cabinet Secretariat as Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat (Main) vice Dr. A.R. Sihag, IAS(HP:83).
IAS, IPS in Public Service Authority
While the stage is all set for the constitution of Public Service Authority, it remains to be seen that how many IAS and IPS will find place in it.
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.
IT raids in Gujarat
More than 200 IT officials strike on couple of Real Estate developers & one Paper Mill (manufactures ) unit in Vapi. It is believed to be one of the biggest raid after union budget.
( We said this yesterday only )
IFS officer to join UPSC as JS
Sunil Kumar has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is 1995 batch IFS officer of Punjab cadre.
DMRC Probe Committee - Is it an eyewash?
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Chief Mr. Sreedharan publicly said that accident happened due to design fault. And now a 4 members probe committee has been set up with Rajan Kataria who is Head of Design in DMRC. Why the designer has been included in the probe committee?.
Railway Transfers
P Srinivasu, JAG/IRSME/Rail Wheel Factory has been transferred to South Western Railway;
Ashish Kulhada, SS(looking after in JA Grade)/IRSME/South Western Railway will move to transferred to IRIMEE;A Devesehayam, JAG/IRSME/NorthEast Frontier Railway has been shifted to Rail Wheel Factory andT K Maity, SS(looking after in JA Grade)/IRSME/IRIMEE transferred to East Central Railway.
IAS reshuffle in West Bengal
There is major IAS reshuffle in West Bengal.New postings are :-Mssrs Dr A K Chanda Principal Secretary Micro-SSE & Textile Department,Dr G D Gautam Principal Secretary Urban Development and Self Employment Department,Vivek Bhardwaj CEO Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, K John Koshy Director Administrative Training Institute, R D Meena Additional charge of Minorities Affairs Reena Venkatraman Principal Secretary Relief and Rehabilitation,Kalyani Sarkar Animal Resources Development ,V V Agrawal Principal Secretary Science and Technology,Dr P K Agrawal Additional charge ACS Consumer Affairs,,Vikram Sen Secretary School Education,A K Bal Secretary Tourism,Sanjeev Chopra Additional charge Food Processing Industries and Horticulture,B P Gopalika Secretary Public Enterprises,Sumanta Chaudhuri Additional Resident Commissioner West Bengal,A K Singh Commissioner Jalpaiguri,J Sundara Sekhar Principal Secretary Civil Defence,Dr A K Yadav DM Nadia,Khalil Ahmed Textile Commissioner,Sumitra Mohan DM Birbhum,O S Meena DM South 24 Paragnas,B P Barat Secretary Kolkata Metropolitan Authority and Bisweswar Maity MD West Bengal Essential Commodities Supply Corporation.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
T. Jayachandran will now be SP of Erode. Avinash Kumar has been made DC-Law and Order, Tirunelveli City. Kapil Kumar C. Saratka as SP Nilgiris. A.G.Babu has been posted as SP, Krishnagiri. Anisa Husain has been moved as SP, Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, CID, Chennai. V.Jayashree has been transferred as DC-Crime, Madurai City. Monika Rao will now be DC-Law and Order, Coimbatore City. K.Shanmugavel will be SP, Kanyakumari district.
Rao re-appointed Adviser in AP
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary C. S. Rao has been appointed adviser to government in the Information Technology and Communications department for another three year term.
AICTE Member-Secretary arrested
CBI has arrested K. Narayana Rao, member secretary of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).Case has also been registered against the Chairman R A Yadav.
IPS officer Goyal is MD HRTC
1984 batch IPS officer Somesh Goyal has been appointed Managing Director of the Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (HRTC).
IPS officer appointed Commissioner of Civic Body
1989 batch IPS officer AN Sharma has been appointed as Commissioner of the local municipal corporation in Himachal Pradesh
IAS changes in Himachal Pradesh.
TC Janartha will now be Divisional Commissioner, Kangra. Subhash Ahluwali has been posted as MD, Himachal Pradesh SC, ST Development Corporation and Mahila Vikas Nigam, Solan. Maneesh Garg will hold additional charge of MD, HP State Minorities Finance and Development Corporation. RS Negi has been made as Special Secretary, Education. Rajneesh, on return from study leave, has been posted as director, Urban Development and Town and Country Planning, and CEO-cum-secretary.He has also been given additional charge of MD, HP Electronics Development Corporation and MD, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.
IAS postings in Haryana
T V S N Prasad has been appointed Mission Director National Rural Health Mission.T K Sharma will get additional charge of Special Secretary Health.
MP IPS Association office bearers
Nandan Dube has been elected President of the Madhya Pradesh IPS officers Association.Sanjeev Shami will be Secretary. Vijay Yadav,Sanjay Mane and A K Soni are the Executive Committee Members.
Kishore posted in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
S. Kishore has been appointed to the newly created post of Development Commissioner (Joint Secretary Level), M/s Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (APIC) at Achutapuram, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh under the Department of Commerce. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

CORPORATE
Kobrin is GM Leela Kempinski, Udaipur
In keeping with the trend of expatriate hotel managers moving to India, Tamir Kobrin has been appointed General Manager of the new Leela Kempinski, Udaipur.
Vishvatnathan is MD of SBI Capital Markets
S. Vishvanathan has been appointed new CEO and MD of the SBI Capital Markets Ltd (SBICAPS)

Aaj Ki Aawaz
The message that Maya has sent out is …. if you take with Maya pangaa!!
She'll put you in the lock up and at your home there will be a dangaa!!
'Buth' or statue Lady has at Congress thumbed her nose or naak!!!!
She's made it clear that in UP she is paak (holy)!!!!
BJP says this is Noora kushti between Sonia and Maya!!!
And Media ne Mulayam ko chup and scared or darraa hooa payaa!!!
Now let's see Maya ki dadagiri or bullying pe kaise Congress karti hai respond!!!!
Will UP Congress take on the croc in UP's pond?????
Speaking of her statues…… why the purse…..Maya's statue has her carrying one????
Does this signify something or is it just a whim or just for fun????
Shows her psyche…… Memsahib complex…money fixation…. 'all mine' mindset!!!
And insiders say as she progresses in this CM term more acute all three will get!!!!
Maybe very soon she will start wearing a mukat from her collection everyday!!!
She has thousands of mukats and she keeps trying them on the sly insiders say!!!
And she keeps her Dalit vote bank happy with her 'Dalit ki beti' chant!!!!
'I wear Crowns and diamonds to mock those who say a Dalit ki Beti can't'!!!!
As she loads up she makes a total bewakoof of her vote bank!!!!
But then which politician on the vote bank does not pull prank pe prank!!!
They declare they do not own even one car!!!
Where as the move about in the swankiest and have in the garage parked chaar!!!
Like take Badal Junior….. he's fabulously rich but does not own a gaadi!!!!
Seems they feel Public feels a Neta owning a car is something maadi ( bad in Punjabi)!!!
In India the electorate is waking up and they now want Neta's to perform!!!
This in India is the real reform!!!
I'm sure soon Dalits will see through Maya's drama and take her to task!!!
'Apart from statues what else did you do' Maya ko they will ask!!!!
This process can be hastened ….. Congress can be the catalyst!!!!
Slogan… see the rest of India and on your condition be your own analyst!!!
Laloo they say will have to be dragged from his Lom Sabha front bench seat!!!!
He says ' Arre hum LALOO hai …. kya ho gaya agar this time RJD ko ho gayi defeat'?
Laloo's ego is preventing him from accepting his downfall!!!!!
Ego running the show iss ko karte hai call!!!
And if he is de-seated from the front seat Laloo will in all probability not attend!!!
He'll run away to some place there is no TV or Newspapers and his ego he will tend!!!
Maybe his chamcha Rajdeep Sardesai will try give him an morale boosting teeka!!!!
Sweeten Laloo's gob which has gone abs feeka (bland)!!!
He'll run a programme aimed at showing Laloo is down but not out!!!!
Show that in fact Laloo's girding up for the next bout!!
Maybe very soon there could be a Ministry of Ambani Affairs!!!!
And I'm not talking about 'affairs or lovey dovey kind of affairs'!!!
I'm 100% sure that had Dhirubhai been alive he'd have shot down Anil's Hollywood foray!!!!
Arre we are businessmen and not bhaands Dhirubhai would say!!!
Confucius says……. Big B tried to do business and flopped….was not his cup of tea!
And Anil's Hollywood foray will end similarly just you wait and see!!!!
Adds...... And his loss will be someone's gain!!!
It'll be his loss and shareholders pain!!!
Bharat Kumar

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EVM blues
India has been fortunate that its political parties have always accepted the election results. If the political parties refused to accept election results, Indian democracy will be no better and our claim of being a successful democracy will crumble. Challenging the EVM without knowing the truth is therefore is fraught with very serious implications. I hope those who are blaming the EVM know this. I would recall the case of Mizoram Assembly election in 2004 (if I remember correctly) when the counting agents broke all the EVMs at the time of counting in one Assembly Constituency. The broken parts of the EVM were brought to the Election Commission and in presence of the political party representatives the results were retrieved from the broken machines. The whole counting process has been recorded and the record would be available with the Election Commission. That result was also accepted by the parties. The EVMs used elsewhere are often compared with the Indian one, while these are not comparable. Indian EVM is a calculator which can do addition only. There are 16 (which can be made 64 by attaching 4 voting units) calculators attached to the buttons on the body of the voting compartment. It is as simple. The software is burnt in and no changes can be made in that after the chip is burnt in. Therefore, it is a different from other EVMs. Yes, one may say that the software may be burnt in but at the time of manufacture itself a logic can be built in where after a certain attempt all votes may go a particular number or after every 5 votes or so, a vote can go to a particular number. The machines available with the Commission have been produced by BEL and ECIL and were procured in the last many years. However, even if such a flaw is introduced in the EVMs, it cannot be used to any party's advantage in a First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system like ours. It may be possible in a proportional system. In Indian system, candidates of different parties appear on the ballot in alphabetical order and hence candidates of a particular party may be anywhere from serial 1 to 64 in different constituencies. So no party can gain even if manipulation is done at the manufacturing stage, chances of which are negligible. It is accepted that the machine does not give a paper trail but a paper trail matters little to the large population that cannot read and write. Moreover the machine does have a trail and that can be seen by using a machine in case a matter comes before the court. Only court can ask for identifying who has voted for whom. But the trail is there. If someone challenges the result, the court can ask the machine to reveal whom a particular person has voted. Yes a paper trail can be generated but for that we have to attach a printer with the machine. It will mean cost and all the 1.1 million machines have to be abandoned and new ones have to be manufactured. I agree that the EVM must appear credible and beyond all doubt. Let the complaining parties select say, 100 EVMs from various parts of the country and let there be a test in full glare of the media for a day or two. This will clear the doubts about the Indian EVM - beauty lies in its simplicity. Let the Indian EVM establish its innocence by going through this Agni Pariksha.

Noor Mohammad
Vacant posts in Health Ministry'
It is not only the vacant post of MD NRHM ( Additional Secretary), there are many JS/Dir level officers in the MoH who are holding many charges ( thanks to their closeness to Anbumani), and many without much work. MoH needs a serious revamp and proper reallocation of work.
Sanjay Singh
Public Service Authority for What?
Public Service Authority in India… What service it will it do? Its officials will do their own service like our politicians?
Tku
The Nair Scale
Civil servants are invited to rate best and worst ministries at JS level in GOI. My view is that 'best' 3 are petroleum, defence procurement, CBDT Admn, and worst 3 are programme implementation, science ministries and official languages. Please vote without fear.
Nair
FM takes note of Forum
Whispers' provides an excellent forum for venting of anger. Finance Minister appears to have taken note of the resentment expressed against transfers of senior commissioners and has asked CBDT to adopt a humane attitude especially to lady officers.
Renuka
Rules flouted in IRS transfers
This is with regard to IRS transfers. I do not want to wash the dirty linen but one is compelled to write on the aberrations:
(1) Rule framed by Placement Committee that no one will be transferred in one year- Very laudable, but has not been practiced. One person from the 1987 batch was elevated in one year to a better charge, as an appellate authority. Another person from the same batch has been given an administrative post
(2) People who have reverted from deputation would be posted out unless they have a ground for children being in 10th or 12 classes- Again a very laudable rule. Three persons (one from 1986 batch and two from 1987 batch) reverted from deputation in Delhi. As per norms they should have been posted in ITAT, Settlement Commission. Instead they have been given prized postings in the corporate charges
(3) On promotion, people would be posted in ITAT etc. - In fact there are three officers from 1988 /1989 batch who have just been promoted have been awarded the charge of Commissioner (Appeals)
There are many such aberrations influenced by various factors. Imagine the guts of the people in charge, including the Revenue Secretary & Chairman, CBDT to have made such aberrations in the days of RTI.
Swamy
Why only IT officers' postings generate so much heat?
There are over 20 organised services but only Income Tax postings generate so much heat but no light. I have never seen any allegations against JS in charge of establishment in Home, DOPT, Defence or other places. But the poor JS CBDT is always in lime light. The poor JS CBDT does not get any thanks but only curses for a handful of slips which may be totally innocent.
Rita Mathur
Why hike in retirement age?
What is the requirement of increase in the age of retirement? Is it because govt. has provided and providing sufficient nos. of jobs to their eligible young brigade (Population)? Or is it required to quest the thrust of the old working govt. babus at various level who find them stick to their chairs provided by the office and not finding comfortable in leaving it even on retirement? The efficient and capable, useful veterans are always chosen by the Govt. for various other projects of the Govt. even after their retirement. Enhancement in retirement age is only obstacle in the path of achievement of programmes of government of nourishing opportunities of employment to their young eligible population. The idea of enhancement in the retirement age will highly depreciate the image of the Govt. The Govt. might be aware of this fact.
PKPGE
B P Mehta
Stenographers, please unite
Stenographers are working in CSS/CSSS/subordinate offices (field offices) of different central govt. offices. They are treated in separate cadres. I would like to submit that there should be a single stenographer union irrespective of their cadres and grades whatsoever and should fight for all the causes (for promotion/upgradation/career advancement etc.) under one umbrella in order to make it sensible to the higher authorities. Can any one come forward and take the steps in bringing all stenographers to a single platform so as to raise their voice in unison against the deprivations meted out to the stenographers' cadre by the government? Let good sense prevail and we should ponder over this suggestion.
Bibhar
Advani Ji- Where is the black money?
Do you remember BJP's famous election slogan 'Will bring back Black Money'. It seems with elections over the party has also forgotten its slogan. It has not raised this issue even once in the ongoing session of Parliament. Advani Ji, who even held a press conference on the issue during election days, has not spoken on the subject even once after the elections. Was it only an election gimmick for BJP? Or has the party put this issue in the dustbin as it has now done with the issue of Ram Mandir? Is BJP ever going to standby an issue?
MB
Advertisement of BHEL CMD's post a good move
It is a welcome decision to advertise the post of CMD - BHEL. Perhaps this may be the bold decision taken by the veteran Industry Minister Vilasa Rao Deshmukh to rectify the mistakes committed by his predecessor Santhosh Mohan Deo, whose interference in the selection process had done much damage not only to BHEL, but even to other organizations. PESB should be given a free hand to select a competent CEO on the basis of performance and merit. It should be a time bound process so that the current Adhoc/ Extension Raj will not go beyond September 30, 2009. This premier central Public Sector Engineering Conglomerate should have a dynamic head, who can pilot a spectacular turnaround.
M. Narendran-
Former BHEL Employee
TAIL-PIECE
Why INDIA is in trouble?
Population: 100 crore
9 crore retired
30 crore in state Govt
17 crore in central Govt
(Both Category don't work)
1 crore IT professional (don't work for India)
25 crore in school
1 crore are under 5 years
15 crore unemployed
1.2 crore u can find anytime in hospitals
Statistics says u find 79,99,998 people anytime in jail
The Balance two are U & Me.
U are busy " checking Mails /sending fwds.. "..!!
HOW CAN I HANDLE INDIA alone?
Contributed by-Vivek Dhawan