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Shekhar Dutt to get fresh tenure !
Grapevine has it that Shekhar Dutt is getting frest tenure as Deputy NSA from August 1.He is retired 1969 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Swdesh Kumar is now front-runner
General Manager of the NCR Swadesh Kumar is now ahead in the race for the post of Member (Electrical) Railway Board.
Pratap Singh appointed Ambassador
Pratap Singh, currently Joint Secretary at Headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in succession to Zile Singh.
Purwaha to be CMD of Engineers India
A K Purwaha is being tipped to be new CMD of the Engineers India Ltd. He is presently Director (Business Development ) of the GAIL.The PESB has put him number one in the panel.
Promotions in Deptt of Post on the anvil
As the grapevine has it promotion of those Indian Postal Service (IPS) officers are on the anvil that are in senior time scale at present. They will be promoted to the junior administrative grade (JAG).
Lok Ranjan is now Joint Secretary Revenue
Lok Ranjan presently working as Director in the Department of Revenue has been promoted as Joint Secretary in the same Department. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Cadre of IPS officer Manhardan changed
Cadre of 2007 batch IPS officer Bharat Rahul Manhardan has been changed from Andhra Pradesh to Rajasthan on the ground of his marriage to Ms. Mamta Bishnoi, IPS (RJ: 2007 ).
Cadre of Jha couple changed
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for inter cadre transfer of Nitish Kumar Jha, IAS (MT: 2002) and Ms Radhika Jha, IAS (SK: 2002) from their respective parent cadres to Uttarakhand cadre.
IPS officer to go on deputation to TamilNadu from J & K
J & K cadre 2005 batch IPS officer Kaliraj Mahesh Kumar S is going on deputation to Tamil Nadu for a period of five years.
Vijay Anand is JS Space
Vijay Anand has been appointed, IRS(C&CE:80) as Joint Secretary in the Department of Space. He is 1980 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
Postings of 1975 batch IPS officers on the anvil
As the grapevine has it those IPS officers of the 1975 batch who were empanelled for DG level posts and already holding suitable posts, on Central deputation are tipped to be DG/Spl. DG very shortly.
Chidambaram for filling up vacancies
A hard task master, Home Minister P. Chidambaram has addressed a letter to all state governments to forward names/depute officers to hold the posts of SP/DIG/IG at the Centre to fulfill the shortage of this level officers at the Centre. This subject was taken up with the State Governments earlier by Joint Secretary (Police) and Home Secretary. As the State Governments have not responded in.
Vishal Gagan set to join GOI
As the grapevine has it Vishal Gagan, IAS (Orissa cadre: 1998 batch) will be joining Government of India (GOI) as a Director.
Extension for Ms. B. Vidyavathi likely
Ms. B. Vidyavathi, IAS (Karnataka cadre: 1991 batch) Director in PMO is completing her deputation shortly and sources said that if she is willing, she is expected to be given extension for some more time.
CVC seeks permission to prosecute an IPS officer of Karnataka
As the grapevine has it Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) has sought permission from Government of India (GOI) to prosecute an IPS officer of the Karnataka cadre.
Parmar promoted as Financial Advisor
BD Parmar, IAAS officer of 1993 batch, has been promoted on NBR basis as Financial Advisor, Finance Department, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar.
Sanjay Kumar Shrivastava joins as CS Goa
SK Shrivastava who was appointed Chief Secretary Goa last week has assumed his charge . He is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Manoj Pant is PS to Pranab Mukherjee
Manoj Pant is new Private Secretary (PS) to Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee .He is an IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre who belongs to the 1991 batch. Hitherto, he was Managing Director (MD) in West Bengal Small Scale Industries Corporation.
Vishrut Acharya is Delhi Airport Manager
Air India has appointed Vishrut Acharya as new Manager of the Delhi Airport.
Inder Dhamija is CF(WP), Trichy
Inder Dhamija an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1985 batch on his return has been posted by his parent cadre Tamil Nadu Government as Conservator of Forest (CF) Trichy- Working Plan (WP).
K.D.Singh appointed as State Election Commissioner in Arunachal
K.D.Singh who is currently Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu has been appointed as state's Election Commissioner . He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1976 batch & belongs to the AGMUT cadre.
MOS (Power) is powerless
MOS (Power) is absolutely without power enjoys 'no power'. The Ministry has more than ten Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). Sources say that this is not the lone case but is with many Minister of States in Government of India (GOI).
G K Pillai's presence in MHA gives solace to officers
Home Secretary, G K Pillai is a very pleasant person - sources said. He is a great solace to all officers in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), especially to those who were posted at the Joint Secretary level. They have a heavy workload.
Dr.Surajit Mitra relinquishes charge as Addl Secretary
Dr.Surajit Mitra who on central deputation was Additional Secretary in Ministry of Heavy Industries has relinquished his charge. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Panna Tigers Debate-A Preemptive Leakage ?
A Classified report by Wild Life Crime Control Bureau on disappearance of Panna Tigers has become centre of debate among scientists and forest officials. According to someone who has seen the secret report, it has been grossly misquoted leaving the relevant points and leaking what has never been claimed in the report. Then, the most pertinent question that government should worry about is whether the misquoting has been inadvertent or some people are trying to divert attention from the main issues by deliberately preempting a debate which suits them.
Venkatesh is CVO of NTPC
T Venkatesh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
IPS officer is PS to MoS Urban Development
Rajesh Kumar is joining as personal secretary of Union urban development minister of state Saugata Roy. He is 1990 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Rajiv Kumar is CVO of EPFO
Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Employees' Provident Fund Organisation(EPFO). He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
New panel for DC Chandigarh
Haryana Government has sent a panel of three IAS officers for the post of DC Chandigarh Administration. They are Mssrs Brijendra Singh,O P Langyan and Ramesh Krishnan.
Ganesan is now FA in Ministry of Agriculture
K.Ganesan of Airports Authority Of India has been selected as Financial Adviser in "The Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers Rights Authority", Ministry Of Agriculture, Govt Of India,New Delhi.
IPS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh
Ajit Kumar Mohanty has been appointed Chairman of the A.P. Road Safety Authority. M. Mahendar Reddy will move to Intelligence Department. The Octopus chief Ch. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao was moved to Counter Intelligence cell, while an Additional DGP Vivek Dube will now head the Octopus.Navneet Rajan Wasan will now be OSD A.P. Bhavan, New Delhi. Other new postings are :-Mssrs Satyanarayan ,IG, Visakhapatnam region, N. Hanumantha Rao Additional Commissioner, Traffic, Hyderabad, N.V.Surendra Babu IG, Octpus, Dr. Batti Lal Meena IG, Intelligence Security, T.A.Tripathi, IG, Recruitment, A.B. Venkateswara Rao,Member, Commissionerate of Inquiries, GAD, K.R.M. Kishore Kumar, G, Guntur, Anjani Kumar IG, Greyhounds, Anjana Sinha IG, Special Protection Force, Govind Singh ,Special Secretary, Home Department, Ravi Gupta ,IG, A.P. Special Police, V.R.K. Mohan Rao ,DIG, Kurnool, Shikha Goel ,Additional Director, ACB, Harish Kumar Gupta ,Joint Commissioner, Special Branch, Hyderabad City, Swathi Lakra ,DIG, Hyderabad, Rajiv Kumar Meena ,DIG, Nizamabad, Atul Singh ,Joint Commissioner, Administration, Hyderabad, Dr. R.S. Praveen Kumar ,Joint Director, A.P. Police Academy, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat ,DIG, PCR Cell & Social Justice, CID, V.V.Srinivasa Rao ,DIG, Vigilance & Security, APSRTC. K.Srinivasa Reddy ,DIG, Marine Police, Visakhapatnam, V.C. Sajjanar SP, Octopus, Shahnawaz Qasim, SP, Warangal, Manish Kumar Sinha, DCP, South, Hyderabad, Anil Kumar SP, Khammam, P.Pramod Kumar ,S.P., Adilabad, Charu Sinha, Deputy Director, A.P. Police Academy, N. Madhusudhan Reddy ,Principal, Police Training College, Vizianagaram, B. Srinivasulu ,SP, Intelligence, Rajesh Kumar S.P., Nalgonda, Mahesh Chandra Laddha ,Principal, Police Training College, Mamnoor, Warangal, T. Muralikrishna DCP, North, Hyderabad, T. Yoganand ,Commandant, VIII-Battalion, A.P. Special Police, Kondapur, Hyderabad, Vikram Singh Mann ,S.P., Intelligence, M. Shiva Prasad ,S.P., Railways, Secunderabad, T.V. Sashidhar Reddy,S.P., Chief Minister's Security Group, Intelligence, G. Sudheer Babu S.P., Mahabubnagar, Dr. M. Kantha Rao S.P., Medak, Shaik Mohd. Iqbal DCP, Crimes, Hyderabad, Dr. M. Naganna ,S.P., Srikakulam, Ch. Srikanth S.P., Kurnool, Vineet Brijlal ,S.P., Visakhpatnam-rural, Dr. Akun Sabharwal ,Joint Director, ACB.
IAS changes in Haryana
Manik B Sonawane will now be Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Housing Department and Renewable Energy. KK Jalan will also look after the work of the Public Works and Engineering Department.Anurag Rastogi has been posted as Excise and Taxation Commissioner.AK Singh who will be new Secretary to the Governor.HS Malik has been made Administrator, HUDA, Hisar. BS Malik will be Commissioner, Hisar Division. Vimal Chandra has been posted as Director, Rural Development and Ashok Yadav Director and Special Secretary, Secondary Education Department.
Minor IPS reshuffle in Rajasthan
Rajasthan government has transferred two IPS officers namely Rupinder Singh - SP - ACB, Jaipur as Commandant, Iind Batallion - RAC, Kota and Mrs. S Parimala - Commandant, Iind Batallion - RAC, Kota as SP (Law and Order ), Jaipur.
136 Deputy Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise promoted and transferred
As many as 136 officers of the IRS (C&CE) in the grade of have been promoted as Joint Commissioners and given fresh postings. Among those promoted and transferred are :
A. Iqbal to Coimbatore CX, A. K. Goswami to Nagpur CX, A. M. Tilak to Mumbai CX-II, A.S. Meenalochani (Ms.) to Coimbatore CX, Ahibaran to Mumbai Customs-I, Akhilesh Kumar to Patna Customs(P), Ali Akbar Taherally to Vadodara CX , Amar Singh to Lucknow CX, Amarjeet Singh to Ahmedabad CX , Anil Kumar Mishra to Kolkata CX , Anil Kumar Singh-III to Pune CX , Anupam Parkash to Mumbai CX-II, Arvind Kumar Singh to Mumbai Customs-I , Aseem Kumar to Mumbai Customs-I , Ashima Bansal (Ms.) to Delhi CX , Ashok Jyoti Verma to Systems, Mumbai, Ashok Kapse to Bhopal CX , Ashutosh Srivastava to Vadodara CX, Avinash Pushkarna to Vigilance, Delhi, Avinash Thete to CESTAT, Ahmedabad , B. P. Sinha to Bangalore Customs , B. R. Parulekar to Mumbai Customs-I , Babu Lal Soni to CESTAT, Delhi, Bholanath Das Gupta to Kolkata CX, Bikesh Ranjan Debroy to Kolkata CX, Biswajit Sarkar to Kolkata CX, C. Mani to Chennai Customs , C. P. Vijayadharan to
Mumbai CX-I, D. K. Soni to Directorate of Legal Affairs, Delhi, D. V. Sharma to Bhopal CX , Deba Prasad Das to Kolkata CX , Dhirendra Lal to Nagpur CX , Dilip Goyal to Mumbai Customs-I , Dinesh Chandra Misra to Delhi Customs , G. S. Arekar to Mumbai Customs-I, Gaurav Masaldan to Systems, Mumbai , Gaurav Sinha to Vadodara CX , Giridhar G. Pai to Mumbai Customs-II , Gopi Nath Dutta to Shillong CX , H. Gnanaraj to Coimbatore CX , H. R. Garg to Hyderabad CX , H. S. Rawat to Lucknow CX , Harbir to Systems, Delhi , Hardeep Batra to Delhi Customs(P) , I. Vikraman to Nagpur CX , J. N. Das to Kolkata CX , John Jacob to Cochin CX , K. Balasubramanya Bhat to Chennai Customs , K. H. Sapkal to Pune CX , K. S. Nautiyal to Mumbai Customs-II , K. Siddanna to Vizag CX , K. Sivakumar to Ahmedabad CX , K. Venkataram Reddy to Chennai Customs , Kamala Shankar Mishra to Ahmedabad Customs , Kanu Verma Kumar (Ms.) to Meerut CX , L. B. Yadav to Patna Customs(P), L. S. Bisht to Directorate of Logistics, Delhi , Lalsawma Vanchhawng to Shillong CX , M. Annamma (Ms.) to Cochin CX , M. J. Baburao to Chennai Customs(P) , M. Jayaraman to Chennai CX , M. N. Roy Choudhary to Kolkata CX , M.K.A.K Mohiddin to Valuation, Chennai, Madan Lal Meena to Kolkata Customs , Mahfuzur Rahman to Ahmedabad CX , Makhan Lal Meena to CEI, Indore , Manish Mani Tiwari to, Delhi Customs(P) (to work as OSD, ICD in Board), Manpreet Arya (Ms.) to Ahmedabad CX , Md. Anwar Hussain to Kolkata Customs , Mihir Ranjan to Ranchi CX , Milind R. Lanjewar to Mumbai Customs-II , Murari Lal Meena to Ahmedabad Customs , N. M. Vengurlekar to Mumbai CX-I , N. Sasidharan to Cochin CX , N. Sreeramachandran to Cochin CX , N. V. Udaya Kumar to Coimbatore CX , N. Veeriah to Bhopal CX , Nagendra Kumar Mishra to CEI, Kolkata , Narayan Prasad Agarwal to Bhopal CX , Nirupam Kar to Kolkata CX , Nitesh Srivastava to DGICCE, Delhi , P. Kalaichelvan to Chennai CX (Puducherry) , P. S. Kaduskar to Mumbai Customs-III , P. S. Uma Mahesh to Mysore CX , P. Tiatemsu Pongener to Shillong CX , P. Viswanathan to Chennai Customs , Pankaj Dwivedi to Vadodara CX, Pankaj K. Singh to Patna Customs(P), Poonam Ambastha (Ms) to Systems, Delhi , Prabhat Singh to Ahmedabad Customs , Prakash Chandra Ramawat to Kolkata CX , R. K. Chakraborty to CESTAT, Kolkata , R. Karunakaran to Chennai Customs , R. S. Sawant to Mumbai CX-I , R. Vishnu Das to Cochin CX , Rahul Ramesh Nangare to Mumbai Customs-II , Rajan Chaudhary to Mumbai Customs-II , Rajinder Kumar Gupta to Lucknow CX , Raju Sakthivel to Mumbai Customs-II , Rakesh Maindola to Systems, Delhi , Ram Prakash Khandelwal to Mumbai CX-II , Ram Prasad Meena to Mumbai Customs-I , Ram Pratap to Chandigarh CX , Ramesh Kumar Raman to Kolkata CX , Reyaz Ahmad to Delhi Customs , S. P. Rao to Mumbai Customs-I , S. R. Gaur to Ranchi CX , S. S. R. Lobo to Mysore CX , S. Sridharan to Vigilance, Chennai, S. V. Parelkar to Nagpur CX , Sachin Jain to Ranchi CX , Sahi Ram Meena to Mumbai CX-I , Satyajit Mohanty to Mumbai CX-I , Shahla Khan (Ms) to DGICCE, Delhi , Siba Pada Chakraborty to Shillong CX , Sitaram Sharma to CBN, Gwalior, Smita Dolas (Mrs) to DG, Service Tax, Mumbai, Sonal Bajaj to Delhi Customs(P) , Sophia Martin (Mrs) to Cochin CX, Subir Kumar Chakraborty to Shillong CX , Sujan Kumar Das to Kolkata CX , Sumit K. Das to Settlement Commission, Delhi , Suresh Chandra Gupta to Ahmedabad CX , T. H. Rao to CESTAT, Chennai , T. S. Ayyaswami Pillai to Cochin CX , Tapan Kumar Das to Bhubaneshwar CX , Tej Kumar Samant to Patna Customs(P) , Tiju T. (Dr.) to CESTAT, Mumbai , V. V. Sarma to Mumbai CX-I , Vaishali Naik (Ms) to Mumbai CX-II , Vimal Narayan Shakwar to Vadodara CX , Vinod Kumar Mehta to Kolkata Customs , Virendra Kumar to Nagpur CX , Vishnu Shankar Gaur to Jaipur CX , Yogendra Pal Badhwar to Jaipur CX.
Prof Sharma appointed Vice Chancellor
Prof. P. B. Sharma has been appointed first Vice-Chancellor of Delhi Technological University here. A renowned academician, Prof. Sharma has been associated with Delhi College.
Prof Kripa Shankar is VC of UPTU
Prof Kripa Shanker has been appointed the new vice-chancellor of UP Technical University (UPTU).
Addl CITs transferred
Two Additonal CITs namely Dr. Swetabh Suman and Umesh Takyar have been transferred to Bihar to West Bengal and Delhi to NWR respectively.
Rajasthan govt cancels transfers of IGs
Rajasthan government has cancelled transfers of N Ravindra K Reddy who was transferred as IG Bharatpur and Rajiv K Sharma who was transferred as IG, ACB, Jaipur recently.
IESM to observe Kargil Day on July 26, 2009
The Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) has requested all citizens of the country to light a candle at the gates of their homes at 8 PM on July 26, 2009 and place a marigold (Genda) next to it as a silent tribute to the Martyrs of Kargil War. An is being organized at Shahid Smarak Sector - 29 Noida on July 26, 2009 .
R.K.Rao to return to Haryana cadre
R.K.Rao who is Deputy Commissioner (DC) Chandigarh is going to return to his parent cadre of Haryana. His deputation tenure ends on July 29, 2009.

P. C. Chaturvedi to be new Labour Secretary in GOI
P. C. Chaturvedi who is presently Director General of ESIC has been appointed as Labour Secretary to Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1975 batch.
Subhash Chandra Pani to CMD of ITPO
Subhash Chandra Pani has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the ITPO.He is an IAS officer of the 1972 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.At present he is Member Secretary of Planning Commission of India (PCI). He will succeed Ms.Sheela Bhide IAS (AP cadre, 1973 batch).
Sudha Pillai to be Member Secretary of PCI
Ms.Sudha Pillai Secretary, Labour Ministry has been appointed as Member - Secretary of Planning Commission of India (PCI).She is an IAS officer of the 1972 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre. She was topper in her batch.
C. Phunsog to head PESB
Finally C Phunsog, a 1972 batch IAS officer who after retirement as Chief secretary Jammu & Kashmir & had joined the PESB has been appointed as its Chairman.

CORPORATE
Sarna is back
CVO of the NTPC G S Sarna is back to the cadre after completion of deputation tenure. He is 1979 batch IRS(C&CE ) officer.
New Chairman of Sony India
Keki B. Dadiseth has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board, Sony India.
Singh is Chairman of NAFED
Bijender Singh has been elected chairman of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Imagine Shivraj Patil is guarded by 200 security personnel and 130 guard Maya!!!!
Follow them like they are their shadow or chaaya!!!
Laloo and Mulayam have near about the same Security cover!!!
Around them these gun totting guys hover!!!!
Shivraj's successor does not have security milling around him!!!!
Home Minister sans security and the predecessor has 200 ….isn't it something dim????
On hearing that his security is to be reduced Laloo went ballistic!!!!
'If someone shoots me PC should be blamed' in the House Laloo ne PC ko kiya tick!!!
These Netas consider the Security cover a status symbol …more means more important!!
Non security means the Neta is politically impotent!!
Its time these Netas are brought to ground as this security hype is a pain for us!!!
Carry out a survey on this security fixation of Netas and Public will say ho gayi buss!!
VIP means Very Irritating Person and more the Vs the more is the irritation!!!!
These VIPs inconvenience Indians and are a nuisance to the entire Nation!!
Some say the security cover for Mulayam, Laloo and Maya is for Public's security!!!!
They sure do give the Public a sense of insecurity!!!
Mulayam is upset….. he feels SP's numbers in Lok Sabha are being wasted!!!
And don't forget Mantripadh in the Center he's tasted!!!
Last time too SP was left high and dry and this time its been left high and dry again!!
'Our support is without any expectations' kiya tha SP ne feign!!!
Fact is SP had its Ministerial wish list ready but wish list ended up in the bin!!!
Because 'ample' seat UPA on its own did win!!
Now Mulayam says he erred when he saved UPA when Commies withdrew support!!!
He had anticipated that Mohna uss ko karre ga report!!!
Congress realized that SP's demand list seemed to be unending!!!!
And there is a limit to backward bending!!!
Amar Singh from his sick bed too is crying foul …. against Doctor's advice!!!!
Politics now for Amar is a vice!!!
A vice that he needs to give up or the consequences could be life threatening… serious!
His political vice has got the Doctors in Singapore curious!!
And before he talks of ' the young Congress leader' he should see the facts and figures!!!
In the recent General Poll where Congress figures!!
Maya seems to be sending a tacit message..... beware of taking pangaa with me!!
Maya says pangaaa means riots India could see!!

First in response to Joshi's statement BSP burned down Joshi's home!!!
And now on reduction of Maya's security BSP MPs in both Houses did bomaa-bomm!!!
Message is for the DA case......if justice takes its course!!!!
Then BSP will take to the streets and 'show its force'!!!
Shouldn't there be a minimum attendance requirement if both Lok and Rajya Sabha???
At present MPs are only mustered when there is need to raise and stand up to 'hai tobba'!
MPs bunk both Houses without a bother …. fib that constituency work keeps them away!
Call them and sitting in Oberoi or Taj ' I'm in my constituency' they'll say!!
And guess who pays the bill….. it's our paisa!!!
Public should question MPs ' kaise aap karr sakthe ho aisa'!!!!
Prices of veggies and fruits continue steep upward trend!!!!
Into a tizzy household budgets karr rahi hai prices send!!
Its time the Sarkaar looked into the wasteful usage of fruits and veggies in 'beauty products'!
A survey on this hope the Sarkaar conducts!!!
Fruit juices too are causing fruits to disappear!!!
And in the form of 'very expensive fruit juices' these fruits reappear!!!
South Indian eateries are no longer liberal with sambar….sambar dal costs 100/ kg!!!
On measures to tackle high food prices UPA2 is being very cagey!!!
Confucius says…. Sadly the rich refuse to feel the pain of the gareeb!!!!!
And then they call themselves humane….. isn't this humaneness very ajeeb????
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Allegations of Racial discrimination not justified
I pity Tom Jose for making a complaint against an Academic Institute of Excellence like IIM-B (July,21). I feel sorry for M Asher for endorsing Tom's views( July, 22).
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)
It's the chair that is important !
In a bureaucracy, it is the chair that is important and not the person who holds that chair. In other words, character is more important than the name of the actor. People like and remember amitabh bachchan today because of the characters that he played and as an individual amitabh.
Rajesh Kumar
Bankruptcy changes life style but not Air India
If any person becomes bankrupt, his lifestyle changes automatically. But Air India has not changed its life style. There are various reasons of bankruptcy of Air India. From the first day of its inception it was noticed that its expenditure on all accounts was much more than its income. Now so to say it has become white elephant. For instance, while a Central Government employee is given LTC, i.e. fare upto a single destination point, Air India and Airport Authority Staff are getting additional fares too for other routes from that destination point. So, what I feel is that there is no proper monitoring of their income and expenditure. Now the Ministry is going to buy more and more Aeroplanes for Air India. Further, for the survival of Air India the Ministry of Finance has issued a circular for all Central Government Departments that they should ensure that all entitled officials of the Government of India travel by Air India flights which will automatically increase the expenditure of the Government, as the fare of Air India is comparatively more than other private airlines. Whether the Air India will survive by doing so?
T K Banerjee
DMRC Probe Committee - an eyewash?
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Chief 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?.
Your news on 17th july. Yesterday DMRC accepted your objection and Rajan Kataria is removed from the probe committee. Now probe committee has already done the probe and giving report today. It means whole enquiry is done by Kataria and result will not bear his name. This is mockery of justice. Either DMRC should get new panel and fresh investigation or report should also bear name of Kataria because he investigated whole matter.
VG
Poor service conditions of UDCs working in CSS cadre
In fact, the said DOP&T has granted the higher pay-scale for the Assistants (a Group B post) after having compared with the pay-scale of 'Inspector of Income Tax' (a Group C post). Hence, you can approach the CAT for the higher pay-scale. For your information, the Data Entry Operators (DEO) working in attached offices are not being paid the similar of their counter-parts. In fact, the post of 'DEO' was classified as 'Common Category Post' hence the pay-scales must be common as per the 5th & 6th CPC reports. But, still there are anomalies in their pay-scales. I wish you all the UDCs - a good luck in their CAT case.
Sankar
It'll not benefit the Air India
The retirement age of Air India employees if reduced is not going to benefit the Air India anyway. Yes the overstaffing in certain fields if reduced may help. Aviation is one field where experience is of utmost importance .Air India as well as other airlines almost begging their senior commanders to stay put & the same is being followed all over the world .The idie of reduction in retirement is bad .
D V K Singh