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Who will be Special Director CBI ?
Who will be second Special Director in the CBI ?.Names of Haryana cadre 1974 batch IPS officer G S Malhi and Madhya Pradesh cadre 1974 batch IPS officer N K Tripathi have been shortlisted for the job.
Will Jain be Joint Secretary Heavy Industries ?
Dinesh Kumar Jain is likely to be appointed new Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industries in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
R K Das is now Security Advisor Commonwealth Games
Former DG of the CISF R K Das has been appointed Security Advisor for the Commonwealth Games. He is retired 1970 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Two in fray for Member Railway Board
As the grapevine has it there are two senior officers of the Indian Railways who are in fray for the post of Member (Electrical) Railway Board as incumbent Member Sukhbir Singh is going to retire soon. They are U.C.D.Shreni & Swadesh Kumar..
Bothyal empanelled
CSS officer G S Bothyal has reportedly been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Sanjay Jha promoted as Director, Department of Space
Sanjay Kumar Jha, IAAS officer of 1993 batch, has been promoted on NBR basis as Director, Department of Space, Bangalore.
Ms. Sunita Prasad to go on study leave
Ms. Sunita Prasad who so far was Director Social Justice to Government of India (GOI) is going on two years study leave .She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Kamlesh Chandra is CPMG in UP
Kamlesh Chandra who so far was Chief Post Master General (CPMG) Bihar has assumed charge as CPMG in Uttar Pradesh. He has succeeded Ms. Neelam Srivastava, who retired as CPMG, UP Circle recently.
Minor bureaucratic changes like in Goa
As the grapevine has it, a minor bureaucratic reshuffle is likely in Goa. However, it will happen only after ongoing budget session of the state assembly concludes.
Will Ajay Sahai get one more year in FIEO?
Will Ajay Sahai Director General (DG) of the "Federation of Indian Export Organisation" (FIEO) get yet another extension? This question has been doing rounds in the Commerce & Industry Ministry. He is an Indian Trade Service (ITS) officer who belongs to the 1986 batch. In the said Ministry this question is hotly being discussed because Rahul Khullar Secretary Commerce & Industry in GOI is stickler to rules.
Paraag Jaiin Nainuttia to go to Australia
Paraag Jaiin Nainuttia Director (Textiles), to Maharashtra Government is going to Carnegie Mellon Australia for a study course. He is an IAS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
CVC seeks permission to prosecute an IPS officer of UP
As the grapevine has it, Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) has sought permission from Government of India (GOI) to prosecute an IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
1976 batch IAS to be ACS in Maharashtra ?
1976 batch IAS officers are expected to be promoted to the rank of ACS in Maharashtra this month end.
Vyas is now PS to Union Minister of State I& B
Madhup Vyas has been appointed PS to Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. He is 2000 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Rtd Army commanders, corps commanders to draw Rs 40,000 basic pension
Lieutenant generals who retired as Army commanders and selected corps commanders shall continue to draw Rs 40,000 fixed as basic pension, while pension of post-2006 retirees will be 50 per cent of the last drawn emoluments.
IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
D C D Bhargava will now be Secretary Integration Department.Gurdeep Singh has been made Commissioner Devipatan.M M Mishra will be Secretary GAD.Madhukar Dwivedi has been appointed DM Gonda.C K Tiwari has been appointed Principal Secretary Forest Neeta Chaudhry has been moved to Board of Revenue.
Chhedilal CIT Delhi dismissed
Chhedilal Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) posted in Delhi region has been dismissed. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1982 batch.
P C Gupta Addl CIT shifted to Delhi region
P C Gupta, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT), Kanpur region, has been shifted to Delhi region. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1994 batch.
IPS changes in UP
Rakesh Shankar has been appointed ASP Jalaun.Ashok Kumar Shukla has been moved to the CB-CID Agra.
Chakrabarti is now Collector in Orissa
Debjani Chakrabarti has been posted as Collector of Keonjhar in Orissa.He is 2002 batch IAS officer.
Thy name is world
How the world goes on was demonstrated in Mumbai the other day. There were a number of officers & staff members of the Indian Railways at Mumbai Railway station to receive Praveen Kumar Member Railway Board. From the same train D.N.Mathur who till his recent retirement was General Manager of the South Central Railway, had nobody to look after him, though Kumar & Mathur disembarked from the same train.
Rakesh Singh appointed new Additional Secretary IT
Rakesh Singh has been appointed Additional Secretary Information Technology in the Government of India . He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
( We said this on July 20 )
Pradhan to head National Rural Health Mission
Finally the GoI has chosen P K Pradhan for the post of DG National Rural Health Mission in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this on July 20 )
Prasad appointed Additional Secretary National Disaster Management
A B Prasad has been appointed Additional Secretary National Disaster Management. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
( We said this on July 20 )
Mitra is new Secretary Disinvestment
Sunil Mitra who was number one in the panel for the post of Secretary Power has now been picked up for the post of Secretary Disinvestment. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.He will replace Rahul Khullar.
( We said this only yesterday )
Bagchi to get promotion this week ?
Rajatva Bagchi is being promoted to the rank of Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau in a week or two. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Sridharan is new CVO of FCI
R Sridharan has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Food Corporation of India (FCI), New Delhi vice Rajiv. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Nandita Kanchan is CVO of PEC
Ms. Nandita Kanchan has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Projects and Equipment Corporation of India Ltd. (PEC), New Delhi. She is 1993 batch IRS (IT) officer.
J S Mathur to join GoI
J S Mathur is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary Drinking Water.He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Jatinder Vijh bereaved
Mrs.Vidya Vijh, mother of Jatinder Vijh, Deputy General Manager (Public
Relations), HMT, Pinjore, passed away yesterday. She was 90.

CORPORATE
In Birlas, now performance is the only criteria to survive
Gone are the days when the people employed with Birlas used to survive on old relations. They were one among the few employers who rarely used to sack any of his employee just because his performance was not upto the mark. But now performance is the only criteria to survive in Birlas.
Pandey elected President of TWU
Raghunath Pandey has been re-elected President of the Tata Worker's Union (TWU).
CVC penalizes Canara Bank Officer
CVC has ordered reduction of pay by four stages, for four years, with cumulative effect in the case of an Officer of the Canara Bank.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
BJP is caught up in its internal squabbles and not playing the role of Opposition!!!
BJP is really in a pathetic condition!!!
Otherwise it would have taken the Sarkaar to task on rise in prices and Ricegate!!!!
Well with BJP in a flux these issues will have to wait!!!
Advani is not willing to budge!!!!
Despite the fact that he's got from all quarters nudge pe nudge!!!
Ricegate shows ' anything is possible in Mera Bharat mahaan'!!!!
Sabh kuch ho saktha hai yahaan (here)!!!
First it was Red Wheat and now Ricegate!!!!!
No wonders as 'Minister raking in maximum hay' Pawar ko many rate!!!
And now seems he's got the 'old boy network at work' so that the goo does not hit the fan!!
To stop Ricegate from becoming an issue he's doing what he can!!!
And apart from BJP's internal flux seems Pawar has got BJP to keep quite on Ricegate!!
How…. well he told Advani both you and I Sonia ko karte hai hate!!!!
Though he shows he's Congress natural ally!!!
It's just an opportunistic lie!!!
Mark my words this man is a political jumping jack!!!!
And has the ability to shake hand with one hand and with the other hand give a whack!!!
In Maharashtra now he'll play ball with Congress and accept a lesser seat share!!!!
At present only for his and Praful's Ministeries he does care!!
He's seen what's happened to Laloo…. in no man's land!!!
And in this situation he does not want to land!!!
Congress has a 'God send' opportunity to fix Pawar good and proper!!!!!
Fix the haymaking topper!!!
Praful is going to meet Mohna on Air India's revival!!!
Mohna ji Praful's shifting is vital for Air India's survival!!!
The only way to save Air India is to privatize this floundering Airline!!!!
And mark my words after privatization in a year or two it'll be abs fine!!!
Praful's harebrain IPO proposal Mohna should shoot down!!!!
And if the IPO goes through it'll be like dressing the Maharaja in an invisible gown!!
You've heard of the fable… Emperor's new clothes …. he's actually naked or nangaa!!!
With 'writing on the wall' Mohna you know it's not right to take panga!!
And Mohna when Praful gives you a presentation please do remember,
Presentation is being given by M/s Mallya, Goel & Praful cartel ka ek member!!
Speaking of Airlines…. It's shameful , insulting to the Nation and pathetic!!!
I though past Presidents security clearance was automatic!!!!
However Continental staff made Kalam ji go through the security drill!!!
Why they did this police Continental staff ko karre grill????
Amar they say has gone through with a kidney transplant!!!
He asked his Doctors if he could return to politicking and the Doctors opined 'you can't'!!
They've told him tension is like poison …. at least for the first couple of years!!!
So Amar could become an NRI for a couple of years me dears!!!
Because if he returns he will not be able to stay away from politicking!!!
And that would for him be like a time bomb ticking!!!!
Confucius says…. Amar jaan hai toh hai jahaan!!!!
Singapore is a good Country to live so for some time you can stay wahaan (there)!!
Bharat Kumar
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DGIT Ahmedabad states
On July 16, this web site hosted an item titled" IT raids in offing in Gujarat" quoting sources in IT Department that officials are busy preparing potential list for upcoming raid/survey in many cities in Gujarat and that very soon action will take place. On 17th July,this website hosted another item titled "IT raids in Gujarat" informing that more than 200 IT officials have struck on couple of Real Estate Developers and one paper mill in Vapi and claimed that they had said it yesterday only.
The above search operations were started on 16th July itself at 9.15 AM by the Directorate General of Income Tax(Investigation), Gujarat. About 240 officials were involved in searches in Vapi,Pune and Mumbai.28 premises of assessees involved in the business of manufacturing of paper and paperboard were covered. 11 premises of another group engaged in construction and development at Vapi,Pune and Mumbai were also covered. As a result of the search action,unaccounted assets worth Rs. 1.12 crore and other incriminating documents & books of accounts have been seized.Undisclosed income of Rs. 28.60 crore has been admitted so far. Investigation is in progress.
IT search operations are meticulously planned and executed with all caution and confidentiality,which leads to seizure of unaccounted assets and incriminating documents. As your web site omitted to mention the date of above search operation,an erroneous impression was created amoung some readers that the search information had leaked.
It is a matter of regret that incorrect impression is being created on your web site. Above position may kindly be published prominently on your web site for proper appreciation of facts.
A. P. Saxena
Director General of Income-tax(Inv.)
Ahmedabad
Discrimination at IIMB rightly pointed out
The Kerala Principal Secretary has rightly drawn the attention of readers to the discrimination they faced vis-a-vis foreigners at IIMB. Unfortunately, the mentality of discrimination is deeply ingrained in our country. The Principal Secretary himself has used phrases like "There were very senior officers from IAS, IRTS and PSUs. Many were of the rank of Joint Secretary to Govt. of India and some even that of Additional Secretary rank" and "While the cream of Indian civil service". This clearly shows that they expected to be treated on par with the foreigners because they were high officials. Do these officials consider those under them and even the public on the same footing as themselves? (His comment about hygiene etc. is on a different footing and may be valid).
M. Ashar
Mumbai
But no one comes to common man's rescue !
When an IAS officer faces the wrath of the Institute, it becomes public, but if it happened for a common man no one comes to rescue. At least, now the IAS should know that life is not a bed of roses all the time and that there are thorns in between.
Mani
VI th Pay commission arrears yet to be paid
The VI th Pay commission arrears have not yet been paid by the government even though it is going to be almost a year since orders were issued last year. First the Pension Payment Authority took more than 8 months to issue revised Pension Payment Orders. Now the Public sector banks, authorised to disburse pensions are sitting tight over the authority issued by the Pension authority in the first week of May 2009.This babugiri of the banks is most unbankers like. They should have paid the arrears on the same day they received the orders to make payment "immediately". By not doing so the banks are behaving in the most reprehensible manner. They need to be disciplined by the Finance Minister. Many pensioners have failed to pay their tax for the last financial year because of non payment of arrears which they were expecting and planned their income tax payment accordingly. Now the FM should order that no penalty shall be imposed on such pensioners for delayed payment of income tax due to the fault of the public sector banks.
The banks must pay interest for the days of delay @ 10.5 % ( the prevailing rate of FD) and pay the arrears within this week latest.
Banks cann't and ought not behave like babus in whose place banks were given business by the GOI. If banks are not interested they should tell the government, who will be happy to make alternate arrangements. But no more of this nuisance. They shall attract the wrath of the Consumer Courts and shall incur monetary fines too! FM may kindly see the bankers actions for bringing bad name to the UPA government.
M.L. Gupta
What about constables?
Cadre officers only dream and fight for IG and Addl. DG posts, what about constables, who even after putting on 20 years of service is still constable and middle rung/ striking officers . BSF Officer after putting on 15/16 years of unblemished service becomes 2nd-in-Command and after 19/20 years of service gets PB-4 i.e. becomes Commandant purely on merit, after clearing 3/4 DPC's unlike their Defence counterpart who gets PB-4 in 13 years/ timescale without any BOARD/ DPC or merit for commanding a Company of 137 men. Government has to honestly think upon even after recruited through same exam, Why BSF officers are the only sufferer whereas in rest all CPMF's officer gets timely promotions and even before time. How CRPF got new 108 battalians to raise in last 8 years or so while BSF got only 29 battalians in last 20 years that is to be raised in next 5 years, why ? Just because BSF officers don't need enemy because own cadre officers are so selfish and self oriented that they only look above them, not for below officers or men. Why to blame deputationists.
Raj
IFS appears hoodwinked ?
The IFS establishment appears to have been hoodwinked by the wily Paki/Hillary combine. What else is the baloch faux pas about? Realpolitik is the name of the game, but perhaps naively, our diplomats have let us down. This will have wider ramifications. What all will be done under US pressure?
A K Singh
CBI & defence deals ?
Why is it that the rich and famous keep getting away? Now let us see what the CBI does in cases of defence deals being investigated by it which hogged the newspaper headlines till some time back.
Vijay Kumar
First ensure to issue 100 percent voter I cards
Before general elections Advani and his company was in dark that India is the country where majority of voters believes in truth and continuous development of the great India, not only on Ram Temple and other issues diverting them from 'dal-roti' and aman chain. Results coming out of EVMs are unlike to Advani and company because they are not able to do any 'heraferi'. In my strong opinion, at first EC should ensure to issue 100% voter I cards and the voter I card must be used for multipurpose like ration, loans, admission of wards in schools, registration of propriety, land, government jobs and each facility made available by government. The other suggestion in this regard -if any Indian is failing to vote in general elections and assembly elections must be debarred from all facilities including medical treatment in government institutions. The negative voting right must also given to Indians. The EVM is essential and must not be discarded otherwise Advani and all leaders will prepare a chariot to ride on the chest of peaceful Indians and will try to ruin Indian Bhai chara culture by spreading hate and will try to loot the vote of those who are really voting for common cause ,peace, development and glory of the great India. Why Advani is afraid of losing elections if EVMs are used? EVMs are not culprit Advani Ji, please introspect don't point to EVMs.
Man Singh