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Sushma Singh to be Member of Information Commission ?
Outgoing Secretary Information and Broadcasting Ms Sushma Singh is likely to be appointed Member of the Central Information Commission. She is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
This is the real face of "Incredible India"
Eight hotels owned by India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), a Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Tourism, are running in loss, the provisional financial results for the year 2008-09 say. They are Janpath Hotel- New Delhi, Hotel Jaipur Ashok - Jaipur, Rajasthan, Hotel Jammu Ashoka - Jammu, Hotel Kalinga Ashoka - Bhubaneswar, Orissa, Hotel Pataliputra Ashoka - Patna, Bihar, Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel - Mysore, Karnataka and Hotel Bharatpur Ashok - Rajasthan.
Vohra to be General Manager SCR ?
A K Vohra, HAG/IRSEE, presently working as Director General, Railway Staff College/ Vadodara is being tipped to be General Manager of the South Central Railway (SCR) Secunderabad.
Who will be the next Army Chief ?
The most debated question the Army Head Quarters these days is that who will be the next Army Chief ? .Picture is still not clear.
Katju to succeed Nalin Surie in MEA
In all probability Special Secretary in the MEA Vivek Katju will succeed Nalin Surie as Secretary (West).Suri is going to the United Kingdom as Indian High Commissioner.
Anup Mukerji is new Chief Secretary of Bihar
Anup Mukerji has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Bihar. He is 1974 batch IAS officer .
Anand Shankar is new DGP of Bihar
Anand Shankar has been appointed new DGP of Bihar.1973 batch IPS officer Anand Shankar will assume charge on August 1.
( We said this on July 17 )
Rakesh Joshi is Member of CAT in Mumbai
Rakesh Joshi has joined the CAT as Administrative Member. He is retired 1973 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Will P D T Achari get more extension?
Extension to P D T Achari, Secretary General to the Lok Sabha, will come to an end on September 30, 2009. Will he get further extension? This question has been doing rounds in corridors of power. Somnath Chatterjee former Lok Sabha Speaker gave him extension in his tenure.
Narender Singh and Prakash Chandra are new CBDT Members
1972 batch IRS officer Narender Singh and 1973 batch IRS officer Prakash Chandra Tripathi have been appointed new Members of the CBDT.
( We said this on June 24 and July 27 )
Vithal Das appointed CBEC member
P.N. Vittal Das, IRS, Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Vishakapatnam has been appointed as member Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).
(We said this on June 18)
Majumdar appointed member CBEC
S.D. Majumdar, Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has been appointed a member Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).
(We said this on June 25)
Parande appointed member CBEC
Y.G. Parande, IRS Director General, SystemsCentral Board of Excise & Customs has appointed as member Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).
(We said this on June 25)
B K Saha to be Chairman of Warehousing Corporation
B k Saha is being appointed Chairman of the Central Warehousing Corporation.Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Saha is retired 1967 batch IAS officer.
Knives out against Baligar in Karnataka
Grapevine has it that V.P. Baligar Principal Secretary to Karnataka Chief Minister is having a tough time as a section of officers and politicians in the state want him out of his present assignment. With charges of corruption and inefficiency gaining ground against the Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa government demand is also increasing for the sacking of Baligar. Rumour mills have been working overtime in Bengaluru about Baligar's imminent transfer for over a month and a half. However, being close to the Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has paid Baligar off till date. It is to be seen as to how long BSY - Baligar combine would be able to stay clear of the detractors. Sources meanwhile said while the opposition was mounting pressure over corruption in the state it is unlikely that Baligar would be shifted as the crucial sitting of the Karnataka assembly is in progress. All efforts to reach out and talk to Baligar have proved futile. He is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch.
Coal India to enter in underground mines
The Coal India Ltd (CIL) being headed by Partha S.Bhattacharyya is going to enter into in mining of coal from 18 abandoned underground mines. Bhattacharyya told <whispersinthecorridors.com> that for these 10 international companies had been short-listed because task will be undertaken through joint venture route. It is estimated that CIL's forays in this field would enable India not only to meet requirement for quality thermal coal but also coking coal to a great extent. Only such companies had been picked up which possess the experience of having revived at least one of the abandoned underground coalmines. Process for forming of joint ventures is expected to be completed in about Eights months time
Search committee route for selection of DG, ICFR
As the grapevine has it, DoPT has approved the search committee proposed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for selection of the DG ICFRE. The incumbent DG had completed his tenure in May 2009. The Ministry is soon likely to invite members of the search committee to complete the already delayed process.
Deputation tenure of Kumar extended
Deputation tenure of Virendra Kumar Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Tehri Hydro Development Corporation has been extended upto April 29,2010.He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Rajesh Arya achieves rare feat
Rajesh Kumar Arya has successfully completed a month long extremely arduous NIM (Nehru Institute of Mountaneering) Army Institute, Uttar Kashi Mountaneering Course , became the second IPS officer ever to do so. Rajesh is the same officer, who had against all odds and resisting pressure from his superiors booked the accused in the famous Alwar rape case.He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Debasish Prusty is PS to MoS Finance
Debasish Prusty is PS to Union Minister of State for Finance Namonarayan Meena. He is 2000 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Amit Yadav to go Geneva ?
Amit Yadav presently, Director , Ministry of Commerce is likely to proceed on foreign deputation to Geneva.He is 1991 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
R P Upadhyaya to be Addl. Commissioner of Police anti corruption
As the grapevine has R P Upadhyaya who is presently Additional Commissioner of Police-vigilance in Delhi may be next Additional Commissioner of Police anti corruption in Delhi. He is IPS officer of the 1991 batch & belongs to the UT cadre.
55 aspirants for the post of PESB member
There are a total of 55 aspirants for the post of PESB member advertisement for which was published recently.
Seven CRPF officials promoted as IG
As many as seven CRPF officials have been promoted as IGs and given fresh posting. They are C V Mathew - Jorhat, R K Gaur - Srinagar, Ramesh Chandra - Raipur, George C Francis - Lucknow, CBS Rathore - Patna, A S Sidhu - Jammu And Sat Sarup Singh - Agartala.
Vacancies in Defence services and Coast Guard
There were 4,372 vacancies for officers and 49,913 vacancies for personnel below officer ranks in the three services viz. the army, the air force and the navy and the Coast Guard.
Two CRPF officials reshuffled
As many as two CRPF officials have been reshuffled. They are R K Saxena, IG NWS, CHG who has been posted as Special DG Raipur and Nalin Prabhat, DIG OPS Anantnag who has been posted as DIG Chandigarh with additional charge of DIG Anantnag.
CRPF official Tayal gets additional charge
CRPF official R C Tayal, IG, Jammu, will hold additional charge of IG NWS Chandigarh till further orders.
Nearly 40 lakh petitions pending before various high courts
Nearly 40 lakh petitions are pending before the various high courts in the country, according to a latest survey.
Narayana Murthy to be Director of Air India
Name of Infosys chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy is doing the round for induction in the Air India Board as an Independent Director.
Decision on Judiciary pay scales today
Tuesday is considered very important day for the judiciary as its pay scales are expected to be decided.
Amit Kumar Singh moves to Delhi
Amit Kumar Singh has been moved to Delhi as Commandant of 8TH Battalion of TamilNadu Special Police.He is 2003 batch IPS officer of the TamilNadu cadre.
Naik to be Principal Secretary Assembly,Meghalaya
Chief Electoral Officer Prashant Naik is likely to be appointed Assembly Principal Secretary in Meghalaya. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
CSB meeting takes place
CSB meeting has taken olace in the GoI on Monday.
Meeting for Police Award takes place
Central Police Award meeting was held in the North-Block On Monday.
Jiwal is now IG Internal Security in TamilNadu
The TamilNadu Government has redesignated IG "Q" branch.Now 1990 batch IPS officer Shankar Jiwal will be known as IG Internal Security.
IAS reshuffle in Bihar
There is IAS reshuffle in Bihar. New postings are :- Mssrs Navin Kumar development commissioner, Bhanu Pratap Sharma Principal Secretary Finanance, C K Mishra Secretary Health, Ravi Kant Additional charge of Energy,Vyasji Additional charge Disaster Management,Pratyay Amrit Secretary Road Construction,Atish Chandra COMFED MD,Minhaj Alam DM Vaishali,Daya Shankar Pandey Arwal DM,Anjani K Verma DM Sitamarhi, Arvind K Singh Munger DM , Arun Chandra Singh Sheikhpura DM, Sanjay K Agrawal DM Nalanda, N Sravanan Araria DM, Vandana Preyasi DM Bhagalpur, Anupam Kumar Rohtas DM, Lokesh K Singh Saran DM, Palaka Sahni Jehanabad DM, Balamurugan D Siwan DM,
Dibesh Shehra Banka DM, Ajay Yadav Buxar DM, Ansuli Arya additional charge of the MD, Infrastructure Development Authority, K K Pathak secretary, HRD, Uday Singh Kumawat additional charge of administrator, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation.
Rahul Singh additional charge of Bihar Rajya Awas Board.
Khanna moves to Patna as DG Civil Defence
OSD Bihar in Delhi J K Khanna has been moved to Patna as DG Civil Defence. He is 1975 batch IPS officer.
IAS changes in Haryana
Mandip Singh Brar has been appointed Secretary, Haryana Board of School Education, Bhiwani, Ashok Kumar Meena will now be ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, and Special Officer, APZ, Bhiwan, R.S.Kharb will be Additional Director, HIPA, Gurgaon, and R.C.Verma new ADC-cum-CEO,DRDA, Kaithal.
IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra
There is major IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra. Altogether 56 IPS officers have been shifted.
CBDT withdraws order on Chhedilal
The CBDT which was earlier on a sticky wicket regarding the compulsory retirement of Chhedilal, has withdrawn his compulsory retirement on July 27,2009. It seems that the chargesheet on which the compulsory retirement is based Contempt of court proceedings were on.
1994 IPS to be DIG in GoI
1994 batch IPS officers are being empanelled to the rank of DIG in the Government of India soon.
ACC regularizes overstay of IAS officer
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the regularization of the overstay of Puneet Kansal, IAS (SK:96) for the period from 24.9.2004 to 23.9.2006 while on inter-cadre deputation from Sikkim to Uttaranchal cadre.
Gupta to join UPSC
R K Gupta has been appointed Additional Secretary (JS level) in the Union Public Service Commission. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.
Das to hold additional charge of CCIT - XI, Mumbai
On transfer of Christopher Abraham, CCIT-XI, Mumbai, as CCIT, Cochin, Debaoratu Das, CCIT - I, Mumbai, will hold additional charge of CCIT - XI, Mumbai.
CCIT, Cochin to hold additional charge of CCIT, Trivandrum
Christopher Abrahab, CCIT, Cochin will hold additional charge of CCIT, Trivandrum.
Singh to hold additional charge of CCIT-I Bangalore
NP Singh, CCIT-II, Bangalore, will hold additional charge of CCIT-I Bangalore.
Addl Comm of IT retained in Delhi
Ms. Mona Mohanty, Additional Commissioner of IT, who was transferred to Bihar has been retained in Delhi upto March 31, 2010. She shall join the CCIT (CCA), Bihar region on April 1, 2010.

CORPORATE
TK Doshi is new Director in CWC
Tarun Kumar Doshi will be new Director (Commercial) in the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC).At present he is General Manager Marketing in BEML Limited (formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited).
( We said this on September 26,2008)
HUDCO's Quarter Net Up by 71%.
HUDCO has earned a net profit of Rs. 112.06 crores for the quarter ending 30.06.2009 as against Rs. 65.50 crore in the corresponding quarter, in the previous year, showing an increase of 71.08%. The profit for the quarter has increased mainly because of increase in the interest income on loans and reduction in interest expenditure on borrowings.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
After Advani tried to woo majority minority via his Jinnah comments BJP's come a full circle!!!
BJP's finally realized its majority minority wooing attempts ended in a naught or 'big circle'!!
And in the bargain BJP lost out on its Hindu vote bank!!!!
Many on whom BJP in the past used to bank!!!
They felt wooing the majority minority showed BJP's double speak!!!
They felt on its pledges BJP had gone week!!!
BJP should have made 'love for the Nation' its plank!!!!
Then it would have been neutral to the majority minority and not angered its traditional vote bank!
But seems Mr. Know It All or Advani felt he had an ace up his sleeve!!!
Got caught in the web that he himself did weave!!
BJP's plank should be ' India first' ….. in the heart and aim!!!
'Indian by action and not just by name'!!!
Sonia ji Congressmen take you as a means to an end and the end is power!!
And they get irked when their power dreams go sour!!!
Though they do not show their sourness towards you Madam khullam khulla!!!
And neither do they make a hulla!!!
However quietly they hit out at you by spilling the beans!!!!
And I'm sure you know what this means!!!!
Why don't you get every Congressmen to submit to your Office their monthly report???
Then do a random selection and those chosen to your Office should report!!!
Of course you should correlate what's in the report with info from the 'ground'!!!!
And take them to task if you are not satisfied with the performance or if in the report lying is found!
You'll get a lot of info from the ground zero without ' salt and pepper' being added as is being done!
And you will also be able to keep tabs as to on the ground zero what is being done!!!
Big B says Amar made it 'to the top' with the sweat of this brow…….. or was it a joke!!!!
Because what one gleans from the Media is Amar is one crooked bloke!!!
He's been called a Fixer…. Dalal…….. and names that are not printable!!!
And the general opinion is his dealings are under the table!!!!
Mulayam has other worries on his mind……. Animal kind!!!!
He has elephants and monkeys on his mind!!!
In UP The Elephant is giving him nightmares and in Delhi he has monkey trouble!!!!
In UP the Elephant has reduced SP's grandiose castle into rubble!!!
And in Dilli monkeys have made his official house into their home!!!!
Freely all about they roam!!!
Son Akilesh has mobilized form UP his orange capped flunkies!!!
And they are trying to rid the house of the marauding monkeys!!
It's anticipated that kitchen or table inflation will shoot up more!!!!
More household budgets inflation will gore!!!
Confucius says…….Veggies, fruits , lentils , oil are now a luxury for many a Aam Aadmi household!!!!!
Perishable necessities that are precious like gold!!!
Adds....... come State elections and temporarily there will be a reprieve!!
' We can make buddus of all the people all the time' is what Netas believe!!!
Bharat Kumar
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Other things to should be transparent
Not only the process of empanelment but the criteria for empanelment, the list of those who satisfy the criteria and the final approved list should be open and transparent. Those who are empanelled do not know that they figure in the list of empanelled officers and as a result use informal channels to get the information . Those who are left out become bitter and demotivated ,as they do not know which criteria they did not satisfy. Often non-availability of the ACR's is the reason ' for which they are not responsible. The reason for maintaining secrecy is not clear unless it is for manipulating the criteria and the procedure for screening , with the intent to favour a select few.
Suman Swarup
Why discrimination in Indian Tax Law ?
There is discrimination in Indian Tax Law. But why is it? As for instance, from one of websites deals in Income Tax matters in its caption "Fully Exempt Allowances" has quoted "Allowances to High Court and Supreme Court Judges of whatever nature are exempt from tax". In a democratic country like India where in the eye of law all are required to be treated as equal, but I donot understand why all its citizens cannot be treated alike at least in the matter of Income Tax Act.
T k Banerjee
Air India Mess
Government has no business to be in business. Time and again it has been proved that bureaucracy should at best do policy making and not do business.
"With privatisation of airlines industry there is fierce competition in the sector and if the government is going to subsidise the national carrier, it should also give equivalent amount to the private carriers otherwise government would be killing private sector by subsidising a government run undertaking .
Order of Finance Ministry mandating travel by government officers by national carrier is illegal and immoral. It is like protectionism at its worst. The finance ministry should immediately withdraw such immoral order.
Over a period of time successive ministers and bureaucrats have plundered the national carrier that is why it is asking for a dole of 5000 crores from the pocket of common tax payer.
Ravi
Trade Unionism is a big problem
In the context of Indian Airlines' story which has unravelled itself these days, I believe that a major portion of our system is plagued by the problem of Trade Unionism. Departments ( and of course Airlines) are run not for the wider good of state or society but to keep one or other trade union happy and satisfied at the expense of tax payers money.
Today I chanced upon the web page of Income Tax Gazetted Officers Association (ITGOA) and got the insight of mindset with which a class of officers articulate their demands, the nature of their demands and degree of indiscipline and disregard towards other counterparts of department it displays. Through certain acquaintances, familiar with the functioning of Income Tax department I could contextualise the contents of the said page.
The 36 page proceedings of what has been called as MCM held on 23/01/2009 at Jaipur, and attended by representatives of the ITGOA from all over India are discussed below. I have reproduced major demands of this union and leave it to the discretion of readers to decide where these forces want to take us:-
1. One Gentleman has advocated that they "should adopt trade unionist approach." to get its demands met from Govt. What a level of thinking of a cadre where average salary is more than 40,000/- PM. In India today ITO is not a labourer. Trade-Unionism is sought only to further their vested interests. Grab faster promotions. In Fact militant trade Unionism has been a constant tool. Each year several days are lost on account of Dharanas, Bandhs and Hartals by Income tax Departments Staff and ranks from which ITGOA comes. All this is happening with impunity and in violation of several supreme Court judgements. Sloganeering within office premises, open meetings abusing Government and authorities is order of day in Income Tax Department.
2. One representative of ITGOA gas gone to the extent that Income tax department should not be a Service Provider to assesses. It should be like an enforcement agency (probably on the lines of CBI and Police). Great vision indeed for making Income tax compliance a pleasant and honourable experience for honest tax payers of the country! First they will boycott the work in department, deny refunds to tax payers than they want to assume role of Police Officers probably to beat one or two taxpayers who would not fall in line with them.
3. The ITGOA has further demanded an amendment in law and passed a resolution that notice u/s 143(2) should be required to be only issued within six months and not served within six months from end of the Financial Year in which the return in filed. Such demand was made certainly to put the tax payers at mercy of ITOs. And with complete ignorance that law can not be amended by CBDT it can be amended by the parliament only which probably can not be pressurised by the ITGOA.
4. Having resolved to serve the country with such commitment and dedication as above demands exhibit, It has been demanded that they must be given "time bound promotions"; which in effect means performance should not matter. Even when you are adversely appraised, Your integrity is doubtful you should not be denied promotion. Moreover, it means vigilance or any such matter should not come into the way of such officers' "right" to promotion.
5.It has been demanded that in the matters of promotion etc. "role of UPSC must be minimised". In fact clever leadership of ITGOA know that they can bully Income Tax Administration but not other authorities.
6. The proceedings of same meeting, note a demand from representatives of ITGOA that there are about 400 vacancies in the cadre of JCIT which are not being filled because of insistence by "IAS Lobby" on inter service balance; than ITGOA states that they will get it by citing ground of revenue. The JCIT post is Junior Administrative Grade Post. The ITGOA wants it for its members when no other service can get it.
7. In the context of overdue seniority list of ITOs it has been resolved that CHQ(some representative body of ITGOA) should "Put pressure on CCIT(CCA) through Board" to get ITOs' seniority list. Pressure as an instrument to meet the demand is certainly an acceptable tool to the Trade Unionist minds!
8. Further, it has been demanded that there should be separate Transfer Policy for Promotee officers. Several reasons such as age etc. are cited." It must be remembered the same officers demand parity with directly recruited IRS officers when assessment charges are filled. That time old age becomes a non-issue.
9. The IT Department had given Laptops to all officers above ITO. The ITGOA demands that on retirement they should be allowed to retain the Laptops given by Government. A laptop costs about Rs.35,000/- and on retirement one be allowed to carry it home, displays the level of loyalty to the government and their department.
This is high time when such militant trade unionism is discouraged. Departments are not for individuals. Loyalty should be to the department and not to the unions.
Kushal Singh.
Is there no other person ?
Sam Pitroda is already Head of India' National Knowledge Commission. Recently (in July 2009) he is also appointed in High Level Committee of Telecom in Railway Ministry. Is there no other person in India from 110 crore people?.
Lokpal Jangir
The Lone Crusader, Mamata Di
Much is being made out of Mamata Di's opposition to amendments to the Land Acquisition Act. In matters of public importance, it becomes necessary to examine threadbare the issues involved. Opposition to amendments to the LA Act may not necessarily mean opposition to industrialisation. But it may also mean opposition to acquisition of poor people's land by land sharks in the name of "public purpose". Who can deny the power, influence and authority of these land sharks? They are all around us in the persona of developers, grabbers, encroachers and Lords Of The Great Indian Jungle Of Lawlessness. India has moved from finer sentiments of Bhoodaan to land sharks & colonizers. The ULCER is dead. In fact it was already dead within months of its birth ! That is how influential people, including politicians, owned thousands of acres of urban as well as agricultural land in open contravention of the Land Ceiling Act and the ULCER. Because they own thousands of acres of land in their own name and names of family members and benami, taxing agricultural income is a high decibel no-no-noooo! Because such huge income goes untaxed, commoners like us have to compensate the Treasury by paying unreasonably high taxes. Amendments to the LA Act as visualised now are going to open newer opportunities for these land sharks, who have already acquired the status of Oligarchs of independent India, rubbishing any pretence of real democracy.
I have not seen a single notification acquiring land for the public purpose of carving "Farm Houses"! But there are thousands of farm houses carved out of lands acquired for public purpose and allotted to influential people like politicians, bureaucrats, judges, lawyers, network experts, celebrities, wheeler-dealers, munshis and managers. As the amendments to the Land Acquisition Act are going to affect the whole country, Mamata's lone voice appeals as the voice of reason and public concern. It is not restricted to West Bengal or TMC v/s CPM battle of nerves.
The country must also know, how much land, in excess of genuine industrial project needs has been allotted to each industry and to what purpose it is being used by the allottee industry. Now that computerisation is a decades old achievement of India and all the districts of the country are connected to the national capital Delhi, culling out this data is easy.India is not a fully developed industrialised country yet. Records of industrial units are maintained uptodate by all states.
Mamata Di, if your opposition to LA amendmends is inspired by such public concern, please pursue the matter to its logical conclusion; you shall find support from many from all parts of India !
M L Gupta
Improvement in Readers' Views section
A definite gradual improvement is seen in the Readers' Views column with knowledgeable persons coming up with 'soft' whistleblowing and praise for deserving officials as well as sensible comments on govt. working. One hopes that the grievances amongst different cadres which have been occupying a lot of space (and probably of less interest to the general reader) will slowly come down.
I Khan
Supreme Court should expedite hearing
The Civil Appeal No.5319 of 2003 is pending in the Supreme Court since 16.8.2004. About 5 years have lapsed but the said Civil Appeal is still pending in the Registrar Court. This Appeal was filed by the Union of India against the order of Delhi High Court in CWP No.350 of 2001. The High Court ordered that J S Garg should be promoted ignoring his few ACRs, which were not communicated being positive Grading. Garg was graded as 'good' in some years. Supreme Court should expedite Hearing as the Delhi High Court had adjourned Sine-Die about 30 such cases.
Dinesh Kumar