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Raghu Menon to be Secretary I & B
Latest information says that Raghu Menon will be new Secretary Information and Broadcasting. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.
( We said this on May 18 )
Nalin Surie to be HC London !
Grapevine has it that Nalin Surie is being appointed Indian High Commissioner in London. He is 1973 batch IFS officer.
Sircar to continue as Secretary Culture
Secretary Culture Jawahar Sircar who is holding additional charge of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will return to the Department of Culture. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Oldest living ICS officer celebrates 103rd birthday today
Professor Samuel Martin Burke, ICS (Retired) popularly known as Burke Sahib is celebrating his 103rd birthday on Friday, July 3, 2009. Burke Sahib is the oldest living Indian Civil Service officer who retired from Pakistan and is now living in the United Kingdom.
Prof. Martin Burke's daughter Noel Parson responding to whispersinthecorridors.com says, her father has been very meticulous person throughout his life. Though health problems have bogged him down nowadays he still likes discussing about bureaucracy in South Asia with friends and has quick fix responses to problems.
Born in the Punjab village of Martinpur on July 3, 1906 he was a brilliant student. After doing his M.A. he cleared the ICS in 1930 and rose through the ranks of the whites-dominated higher bureaucracy. He served as a Deputy Commissioner and District and Sessions Judge in several districts before 1947. He became the President of Election Petitions Commission of the Punjab for the 1946 elections.
After 1947 he commenced a diplomatic career in Pakistan, handled the India desk in the Foreign Ministry and was Counsellor in HCP London, Minister in the Washington Embassy, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan in Scandinavia, Ambassador in Thailand and High Commissioner in Canada. He retired in 1961, at 55, and commenced a third career as an academic. He was also Professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Minnesota
Those who wish to greet him can do so by mailing his daughter at - noel.parsons@tiscali.co.uk
Rahul Khullar gets additional charge of ITPO
Secretary Commerce Rahul Khullar has been given additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director, India Trade Promotion Organisation for a period of three months or until further orders. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Ajit Seth unlikely to move Corporate Affairs

Latest information says that Ajit Kumar Seth is not moving as Secretary Department of Company Affairs. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Ministers in a soup

Indian Ministers of the Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh's cabinet are facing a lot of problem for want of allocation of chambers to them in the Parliament. This problem has been compounded further as mini budget session of the Parliament has begun.

Punia is new Chief Secretary of Manipur
D. S. Punia is the new Manipur Chief Secretary.1978 batch IAS officer Punia has replaced Rakesh who retired on June 30 .
Gujarat Chief Secretary gets five months extension !
Gujarat Chief Secretary D Rajgopalan has been granted five months extension in service beginning August 1.1974 batch IAS officer Rajgopalan was to retire on July 31.

Anand Mishra is now JS (Establishment ) Defence

There is a change in the Defence Ministry. Joint Secretary Coordination and Works Anand Mishra has been moved to Establishment. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Gupta gets a change in Defence Ministry

A K Gupta will now be Joint Secretary Coordination and Works in the Defence Ministry.He is 1981 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
ECR GM Girish Bhatnagar takes VRS

East Central Railway (ECR) GM Girish Bhatnagar has taken VRS in protest against injustice meted out to him. He was scheduled to retire in March 2010.

V. Kannan tipped to be ED

V. Kannan of Bank of Maharashtra is one of the 11 General Managers (GMs) out of 50 GMs of different Public Sector Banks who had faced the interview for slots of Executive Directors (EDs) and has been short-listed.

Why OSDs are not getting appointed?

Why OSDs to Ministers are not getting appointed ?.This question has been doing rounds in corridors of power. There is a perception at the Government of India (GOI) level that OSDs are basically Joint Secretary rank officers. In any Ministry cutting edge is at the level of Joint secretary. So, if senior bureaucrats were appointed as OSDs then that would lead to creation of dual power centers.

IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
As many as 40 IAS officials have been transferred in Madhya Pradesh.. The new postings are Anil Shrivastava MD, Madhya Pradesh Warehouse Corporation, SK Ved - Sagar Divisional Commissioner, Kalpana Shrivastava - Executive Director EPCO, Ravindra Pastore - Commissioner Rewa division. Ajay Tirki - Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development, Pradeep Khare to GAD as Secretary, Anju Singh Baghel as Deputy Secretary in GAD, SK Paul - Additional Collector Sagar, BK Vyas - Deputy Secretary GAD, DP Ahuja to DPIP as project coordinator, Amit Rathore to GAD as Deputy Secretary, Umakant Umrao as Mission Director in Rajiv Gandhi Watershed mission, Rajkumar Pathak as Deputy Secretary in GAD, Manish Singh to Institutional Finances as Director, Gulshan Bamra - Director Woman and Child Development, Madhu Khare to GAD as Deputy Secretary, KP Rahi to GAD as Deputy Secretary, Ms Pushplata Singh to GAD as Deputy Secretary, GP Kabirpanthi to GAD as Deputy Secretary, Suhail Ali to Gwalior as Excise Commissioner, Sandeep Yadav - Sehore Collector, Renu Pant - Harda Collector, KC Jain - Collector Bhind, Ajit Kumar - Collector Panna , M Selvendran - Collector Katni, BC Namdev - Collector Dindori, E Ramesh Kumar - Collector Chhatarpur, NBS Rajput - Collector Badwani, Vivek Porwal - Collector Narsinghpur , SPS Saluja - Collector Sidhi, Ashok Deswal - Collector Alirajpur, Neeraj Dube - Collector Shahdol, SS Kumre - Collector Umaria, Navneet Kothari - Collector Balaghat, Akhilesh Shrivastava - Collector Tikamgarh, MB Ojha - Collector Datia and Sanjay Goyal - Collector Neemuch.
After the officials assume office, MD MARKFED Vivek Agrawal would be relieved from the charge of MD Warehousing Corporation; Secretary GAD and Home T Dharmarao would be relieved from the charge of GAD Secretary, and Deepti Gaud Mukherjee would be relieved from the charge of ED EPCO.
Gupta to be Additional Secretary UPSC !

Rakesh Kumar Gupta is being tipped to be Additional Secretary UPSC. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Subodh Yadav is PS to M Veerappa Moily

Subodh Yadav has joined as Private Secretary (PS) to Indian Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily. He is an IAS officer of the 1999 batch from the Karnataka cadre.

Uday Kumawat to return from Princeton University

Uday Kumawat on completion of studies in the US based Princeton University is returning to his parent cadre of Jharkhand shortly. He is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch.

Training Course in Expert for Flood Related Disaster Mitigation
A Group Training Course in Expert for Flood Related Disaster Mitigation to be held in Japan from 28th September 2009 to 18th September 2010.

Singh is MD of VIDC

Mudit Kumar Singh, IFS (1984), has been posted as Managing Director, CIDC(Chhattisgarh Infrastructure Development Corporation).

Where is NRAA?

The scenario of the impending drought has been staring at us and the hectic movements are now seen in the corridors of power. The PM backed high profile NRAA created solely for the rain fed areas to tackle the drought like situation is now in the limbo and has been sidelined. In spite of the good work done for the future of rain fed development the authority is not finding its real status and has been embroiled in officialdom. There is a feeling that only intervention of PM can retrieve the situation. Grapevine has it that CEO NRAA wants the authority in the Planning Commission to get it some teeth. The drought like situation may come in handy.

Rajesh Kumar Singh is back to Kerala cadre

Rajesh Kumar Singh who was with M Veerappa Moily earlier has return to his parent cadre of Kerala. He is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch.

Tessy Thomas is Project Director Agni

Missile Scientist Tessy Thomas has been appointed Project Director for Agni V Missile.

Subrahmanyam promoted as Principal Director, CAG Office
MS Subrahmanyam, IAAS officer of 1993 batch, has been promoted as Principal Director, CAG's Office, New Delhi.

AK Handa is IT Ombudsman, Mumbai
IRS officer AK Handa has been made IT Ombudsman, Mumbai.

Karnataka High Court Judge appointed

As many as two additional judges of the Karnataka High Court(HC) have been appointed to be Judges of the Karnataka High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices. They are : Justice Arali Nagaraj Amarappa and Justice Arvind Shiwagouda Pachhapura.

Guwahati High Court Judge appointed

Justice Hareswar Baruah, Additional Judge of the Guwahati High Court has been appointed as a Judge of the Guwahati High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.

Sanjay Goel to be Registrar Co operatives in Meghalaya

In a sudden turn of events Sanjay Goel, IAS, A-M cadre, 2004 batch who was earlier shifted from the post of DC Jaintia Hills to Director Tourism by Meghalaya Government has now been made Registrar Cooperatives.

T. Dkhakar to be DC, Jaintia Hills

T. Dkhakar is going to be new DC, Jaintia Hills. He is an IAS officer of the 1997 batch.

IAS changes in Orissa

G Mohapatra has been appointed Principal Secretary Fisheries.S N Tripathy will be Secretary Panchayati Raj.Dr Taradatt will be Secretary Rural Development.R N Dash will move to I & PR. Madhur Sarangi has been made Chairman DC.

510 IRS officers promoted as Deputy Commissioner in CBEC

As many as 510 IRS (C&CE) officers in the grade of Assistant Commissioner have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Commissioner in the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), on ad-hoc basis. Those promoted are A Jaganathan, A. Jerome, A. Kandaswamy, A. Perumal, A. A. Chodankar, A. Arokia Raj, A. Chandrasekhar Reddy, A. Cletus, A. Felix Micheal Amalraj , A. Gopakumar, A. K. Aswal, A. Kalyana Sundaram , A. S. Kuruvilla , A. S. Sonawane, Aarti Saxena, Abdur Rauf Naik , Abhay Kumar, Abhinav Gupta, Abu Sama, Abyokta Kumar Sharma, Adinath Bhaskar Bhosle, Aditya Kumar Goel , Ajay Kumar , Ajay Kumar Bhatnagar, Akashi Siddharth Basavraj , Alok Agarwal, Alysuiys Vanla Duha, Amish Kumar Gupta, Amitabha Hore , Anantram Domaji Thakre , Anil Kumar Khanna , Anil Kumar Sahay , Anil Manohar Bengali , Anoop Kumar Sabharwal , Anto David , Antonio V.S.N. Dias , Anuradha Mishra, Apalak Das , Arjun Kishore Panda , Arun Umashankar Kohok, Arvind Kumar Saxena , Ashish Bijoy Dutta , Ashok B Rayannavar, Ashok Kumar Kothari, Ashok Kumar Kurhade, Atma Prakash Mehta , Avijit Dasgupta, Avinash Mehta , B. Mohan , B. Ravindranath , B. B. Batra , B. Jayabala Sundari , B. K. Saxena , B. R. Trikha , B. Senthivelvan, B. Sumida Devi, Baban Bhimaji Landhge , Babu Ram , Baburao Laxman Kasture , Balaji R., Balbir Singh Nirwan , Baljinder Singh Gill, Balraj Krishan , Barinder Singh , Baru Ram , Basudev Batabyal , Bhabatosh Goswami , Bhagwan Das Singhal, Bhim Singh , Bhosala Meenal Baburao, Bhupender Singh Suhag, Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra , Bidhan Chandra, Bijon Bandhu Adhikari , Bimal Bhengra , Biney Pratap Singh , Binod Kumar Singh , Bipin S. Bavisi, Bochu Timothy , Brian Philip Pereira , Brijesh Kumar , C. Chandy , C. Madhavan , C. Nagarajan , C. Ravichandran , C. B. Bhatia , C. C. John , C. K. Bhaskaran , C. K. Sandhu , C. K. Thankappan , C. 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Paratte , Hadi Bandhu Sahu , Hans Kumar Sharma, Harbans Lal Saini , Harbhajan Das , Hardeep Singh , Hari Shankar , Hari Narayan Meena, Harinder Singh , Harjinder Singh , Hawa Singh Gajraj , Hemen Gogoi , Hussain Keshani Salar, Ignatious Tirkey , J R Madhiam , J. Karpagam , J. B. Dsouza , J. K. Simte , J. V. Parmar , Jag Ram Meena , Jagat Singh Tonk , Jagdish Chandra Thakordas Dabhi, Jagdish Prasad Meena , Jagjit Singh Shanshanwa, Jaideo Dongre , Janardan Prasad V. Sharma , Jasbir Singh , Jatinder Pal Singh, Jay Kumar Meena , Jayant Sahay , Jayant Kumar Lal , John R Hay Diengdoh , K. Natrajan - II , K. Bala Kishan Raju, K. C. Kala , K. G. Shankarappa, K. G. Sivam , K. K. Girdhar , K. P. Skaria , K. P.H. Paul Mohammed, K. R. Madhar , K. R. Surendran , K. S. Sasidharan , K. S. Subramanian, K. V. Ganesh Prasad, K.V. Jose , K. Veeramani, K.B. Iswar Ram, Kailash Chander Sharma, Kala Kant Singh , Kamlakant Y. Arolkar , Kantilal R. Sengal , Karamvir Singh , Karnik Shailesh Rajaram , Katam Baby Raju , Kewal Krishan Sood , Khem Raj Verma, Kiran Chandra Mohan, Krishan Kumar Sharma, Krishan Mohan Tandan, Krishna Kumar Srivastava, Kuldip Singh, Kumud Mathur, Kusuma Ugavara Prasad, L. Rajendran, L. Vasu, L. M. D'silva, L. Sri Kumar, L. Venkateswar Rao, Lalit Kumar Chopra, M Deva Raju , M M Viswanath , M Mani Maran , M Prem Kumar , M R Jakati , M. Krishnaswamy , M. Rajan, M. B. Suresh , M. H. Bukelia , M. I. A.H. Mulla , M. K. Gopinathan , M. K. Sondhi , M. M. Ramaswamy , M.M. Ravi Rajendran , M. M. Vasava , M. Murali Krishnan , M. P. Nazir , M. S. N. Reddy , M. Uma Shankar , M. V. Vasudevan , M. V.V. Suryanarayana , M.A. Ansari, Madan Mohan , Madan Lal-II, Madhu Chandra Mishra, Mahavir Singh Chauhan , Mahender Singh , Mahendra Singh , Mani Bhushan Bal , Manikkavel P. Manindra Lama , Manjula Dundappa Hosmani (Dr.) Manzoor Ali Ansari, Master Well Marbaniang , Md. Ali Iqbal, Md. Shahreyar Iqbal Faisal, Md. 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IAS changes in J & K
B. R. Sharma shall hold the charge of the post of Principal Secretary, Power Development Department (PDD), in addition to his own duties. Sandeep K. Nayak has been posted as Commissioner/Secretary, ARI & Trainings.Syed Ifthikhar-ul-Hasnain has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal. Kulbushan Magotra has been made as Deputy Commissioner, Ramban.
IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu
There is IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu. New postings are :Mssrs A Arun Superintendent of Police-II, Crime Branch CID, Chennai,.S. Rajeswari Superintendent of Police-III, Crime Branch CID, Chennai.P.K. Senthilkumari Deputy Commissioner of Police, Secretariat Security, Chennai Police.K.S. Narenthiran Nayar Superintendent of Police, Railways, Tiruchi.Praveen Kumar Abhinapu, Superintendent of Police, Thiruvarur District.Rupesh Kumar Meena Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime and Traffic, Tiruchi City.G. Sampathkumar Deputy Commissioner of Police, T. Nagar, Chennai Police. M.S. Muthusamy, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic South, Chennai Police, K.A. Senthil Velan Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur District.
IAS changes in Himachal Pradesh
Padam Singh Chauhan will now be DC Sirmaur.KR Bharti has been posted as DC, Una. Dhruv Vashisht has been posted as Director, Transport.
25 IAS officers shifted in Maharashtra
Maharashtra government has transferred 25 IAS officers, including Director General & Secretary Information & Publicity Department. Ms. ManishaMhaiskar(1992 batch), Director General, Information and Public Relations, has been transferred as Additional Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM).She will be succeeded by Ms.Prajakta Lavangre Collector Dhulia as Director General, Information and Public Relations. Ms.Lavangre is an IAS officer of the 2001 batch .Nashik Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Chahande (1987 batch) has been shifted as Secretary, Women and Child Welfare Department.Kishore Gajbhiye (1987 batch) Additional Commissioner MCGM will now be Secretary Social Justice.

Ajay Agrawal appointed CVO of IREDA
Ajay Aggarwala has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), New Delhi. He is 1992 batch ICoAS officer.
Will Thomas move to Disinvestment ?
Secretary Parliamentary Affairs P J Thomas is likely to be moved as Secretary Disinvestment.He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
1991 batch IPS gets IG rank in Bihar
Four 1991 batch IPS officers Mssrs A K Verma,Manohar Prasad Singh,Saheb Akhtar and Raghuvansh Prasad Yadav have been promoted to the rank of IG in Bihar.
IAS changes in Bihar
H C Sirohi has been appointed Principal Secretary PHE.K K Pathak will now be MD State Housing Board.Vivek K Singh has been pade Secretary Arts and Culture .P R Manu Bhai has been posted as Additional Secretary Health.
Sunil Kumar gets three months extension
Joint Secretary, in the Department of Higher Education Sunil Kumar has been granted extension in deputation tenure by 3 months .He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
Sirolia gets three years extension
IG BSF A K Sirolia has been granted three years extension in deputation tenure.He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Ramachandran gets additional charge
Dr. M Ramachandran Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development will hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation during the period from 29th June, 2009 to 10th July, 2009 when Mrs Kiran Dhingra, IAS(AGMU:75) will remain on leave.
Rekha Shukla transferred to NRHM, Haryana
Consequent upon her selection for appointment as Director in the state of Haryana under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Haryana, on deputation basis, the services of Ms. Rekha Shukla, Additional CIT (DR), ITAT, Ahmedabad are placed at the disposal of NRHM, Haryana, upto March 2012.
Goa Chief Secretary recalled
Goa Chief Secretary Hauzel Haukhum (UT - 1974) has been recalled to Delhi. DDA Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar (UT - 1974) is tipped to be the next Chief Secretary of Goa.

CORPORATE
CVC recommends dismissal of Canara Bank AGM
CVC has recommended dismissal and disqualification for future employment in the case of an AGM, Canara Bank.

Ajit Thakur is business head SET

Ajit Thakur, Chief Executive Officer of Balaji Motion Pictures have joined Sony Entertainment Television as its business head.

Manish Agarwal to be CEO UTV New Media

UTV New Media Ventures, the digital arm of the UTV Group has roped in Manish Agarwal, marketing director at Microsoft India's Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) division as Chief Executive Officer.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Pranab Da has a tough job on hand!!
He knows at a very crucial juncture economy does stand!!

He needs to pay special attention to fiscal and supply management!!!!
And he knows that deficit is bound to create a massive dent!!!

Supply means 'quantity plus acceptable quality' or we could end up with red wheat again!
Public's loss ……politicians, officials, middlemen and exporters gain!!!!

Table inflation is already in double digits and with fuel prices going up will rocket!!!!
More money will flow out of the Aam Aadmi's pocket!!!

Oil experts predict that bottom for Oil is 45 and high is 75!!!!
So hope Sarkaar will reduce prices if Oil falls below 65!

India should get the money stashed overseas back......soft core will fly back in!!!!
Businessmen, Actors, Median Barons etc.. ...tax avoidance is their sin!!

Use the way Mohna used to make Indians get their money stashed overseas back???
And a warning punch in the 'amnesty' Sarkaar should pack!!!

The soft core money will come back and will be a phenomenal amount!!!!
No soft core holder now wants to maintain an overseas account!!

Only problem is that temporarily the Rupee will rise against the $...40-44,
Will make Exporters temporarily sore!!

And prevent round tripping of black money!!!!
Last time black money going out and returning as white was indeed very funny!!

Advani's way is ' anyone who has travelled to a Tax Haven should be prosecuted'!
By ED in collaboration with Home Ministry this proposal was to be executed!!!!

Only those with ordinary Passports would have been prosecuted!!!!
Against Official Passport holders this order would not have been executed!!

The joke doing the rounds is that after Advani pledged to bring Indian paisa in Tax Havens back!
BJP Leaders ensured that his PM dreams got the sack!!!

No doubt it is wrong to give flouters such a 'second chance' but its the pragmatic way!!!
Short cut.....otherwise to get the money back is a long way!!!!

They say Mohna is working on Air India's revival!!!!
First he should plan for its survival!!!

The orders for new airplanes had a dual objective …. hay making and making AI trip!!!
One Airline observer had commented ' seems the Minister is on his own trip'!!!!

And I still feel why are the inhospitable running a business that demands hospitality!!!
Air India staff are Government employees and are known for their inhospitality!!!!

What is needed is privatization of Air India and a TRAI kind of Regulatory Body!!!!!
Today the Maharaja is financially naked and he has a sick body!!!!

Have you ever heard anyone say 'go to Rajiv Chowk'……. no!!!
They say 'To Connaught Place please go'!!!!

Mumbaikars will call the sealink bridge as Worli Bandra Sealink and not Rajiv Setu!!!!
Say Rajiv Setu and people will look at you questioningly ' aise kyon kehe raha hai tu'????

Congress can try to bribe Public to make them use Rajiv Setu name!!!!
Play with the Public a game!!

Reach the toll point and if one says into a mike ' Rajiv Setu' toll is exempted!!!
To start using this name Public can be tempted!!!

Do what you want but I still feel Public will not say Rajiv Setu!!!!
Use this name in conversation and people will question ' Kai sangto hai tu' (Marathi for what are you saying)???

Omar's Shopian rapes mishandling has given rise to turmoil!!!!
He's made matters come back to a boil!!!

Had he handled the Shopian rapes deftly the 'azaadi' lot would not hand got a handle!!!!
Very badly kiya Omar ne Shopian problem ko handle!!!

TMC's got a spring in its step and Commies are down to their knees!!!!!
A very happy TMC and very dejected Commies one sees!!!

And Commies will soon respond in the only way they know!!!!
Violent they are going to make the situation in WB go!!!!

Confucius says.... hammer and sickle in the Commie symbol will not be put to use!!!
Objective.... when you cannot win them........ beat and abuse!!!!

Flash...... like fictitious inflation rate Economic Survey gives a fictitious growth rate!!!!
Our Sarkaari surveys as a 'joke' internationally hothe hai rate!!!

Decontrol of Petroleum prices should not be done!!!
Not before control of wastage by Sarkaar is done or battle against Sarkaari wastage is won!

India is still not ready for Farm futures...... speculation will make prices go haywire!!!!
Via Futures there is every chance an economy like India's could misfire!!!!

Bharat Kumar

aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Training for higher education
It is heartening that the government has belatedly woken up to the need for enrichment of higher education in the country. But it should not become another subterfuge for giving liberal entry to bogus foreign institutions to make a killing in the name of a foreign degree. It is, perhaps, time to devise a training package for university and college teachers in India. Teachers of schools with pre-service training in education are more successful than raw hands. College teachers are given no training. The result is that everybody teaches what (s)he likes in whatever way (s)he likes. In higher education the situation is more arbitrary. Most of the time is spent on non academic activities. In the name of academic freedom, some teachers do not allow others to teach. Not that anybody intends to do so for some reason. Honest analysis reveals that it is 99% due to lack of training. Training can mould the teachers and bring out the very best academician in them.
In civil services, intensive training is given to new recruits. They are raw in administrative skills. But the gruelling training imparted to them turns out finely chiselled administrative beings out of roughs among them. Even with a mere graduation in any subject, but with intensive training and exposure during career, they turn out successful in life, excepting those who decide to ruin themselves. These recruits are also sent to foreign countries before completion of their initial training. But the college and university teachers are given no such beneficial training.
Is it not in national interest to have highly trained teachers with international exposure in our colleges before we allow FDI in higher education?
I have the personal experience of both academic as well as civil service and can say that training to teachers shall make tremendous difference. Let us remember that the Indian genetic material is of the best grade, but needs modernisation on a massive scale. Truly, the historical tragedy that can be termed India is nothing more than reduction of a knowledge society to a mere devasted habitation!

M l Gupta

Grant 'Time Scale Promotion'
The grievance expressed under caption 'A Welcome Decision' could be redressed completely if my suggestion of granting 'Time Scale Promotion' is implemented in all Services, be it CSS, CSSS, CSCS etc., to name a few. Time Scale Promotion benefit, at present is available only to IAS officers.

B K Jain

BSF Grievances (Feedback)
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The situation in BSF, as narrated by one Raj, who is surely a departmental officer, is true & pathetic. At the same time, his intention to bring out the poor work culture does not seem to be genuine because he is mainly against the induction of IPS officers into BSF. As per my estimate, against total cadre officers strength of about 4,000, IPS officers are merely 25 or less (1-DG, 3 Addl DsG, 14 IsG & 4/5 DIsG). If the cadre officers themselves failed to improve the work culture in their own force, what 20 IPS officers can do to improve the situation. It is simply a blame game, nothing else. As far as, the role of local police is concerned they are meant to aid the civil administration and petty criminals. They cannot be equated with CPOs personnel who are exclusively trained to fight with hardcore criminals/enemies for which they are adequately paid by the Government. Each and every sacrifice is suitably compensated by both Central & State Governments. These are the cadre officers only, who do not take care of their own soliders/their families. Who says that cadre officers remain away from their families for 28 years ? These are only poor jawans, on whose names, all facilities are begged for. Except for initial 3-4 years service on border, every officer enjoys soft staff postings at Btn HQrs with their families with all free facilites at the expenses meant for poor jawans. These are their own families who do not want to remain back at their natives, where no such facilities would be available. If you count, you will wonder, how many BSF persons are working as cooks/domestic servants termed as Security Aides in the houses of retired officers in Delhi alone. Nobody cares for proper infrastructure for jawans at Border Out Posts because there is proper arrangement for Officer Commanding the Coy and the visiting officers from Btn HQrs. CPOs jawans are living in inhuman conditions but there is none to take care of their grievances because their own officers are busy in grabbing soft postings/ promotions and rooting out IPS officers. May the God takes good care of these Forces, which are being driven to wrong side.
Sat. B.

What is the wayout?
When PIOs/Appellate authorities are notified, it is done by name. Is there any provision in the RTI Act and Rules for dealing with a situation when the designated PIO or the Appellate Authority takes ill etc necessitating long leave and therefore the RTI application remains unattended beyond prescribed schedule?

A Govt Officer

Cong has been no different
No doubt Mayawati is setting new standards for wastage of public money by spending in on parks and statues while larger sections of society are suffering from lack of basic facilities. However Congress cannot take any high moral ground on this issue as they have been no different, if not worse Maywati, in wasting public resources. How are the full page advertisements in newspapers costing crores of rupees helping the common man. to be fare to Mayawati at least her parks are leading to creation of some capital assets and may be providing some employment to the poor workers but the publicity expenses of the Congress are just feeding some top media houses and is sheer wastage of highest order. Of course the bureaucracy and media are silent as former has lost all its spine and the later is a direct beneficiary of this larges of the government. It is a high time that some concerned body may be Supreme Court or CAG take note of this disgusting wastage of public money in a country where a large section of population does not get even the basic amenities of life. For God's sake stop this nonsensical wastage by all the political parties across the spectrum.
Jai Hind

MB

If unorganised services can get it why not organised services ?
It took Sixth pay commision more than one year to define parity of organised services with 2 years gap from IAS. It took 8 months for DoPT to issue OM. After another 3 months, the actual dates of promotion due, to avoid stagnation, were issued. Now nearly three months are over but in many organised services, action still needs to be taken. Simple lethargy, incompetence, politics, ignorance, corruption, feudal mentality and dictation by clerks to change recruitment rules, define constitution of screening committee, new benchmarks etc are the reasons. It would be better if DoPT had asked for list of all officers ( although it already has them) and issued orders.
What is delaying issue of orders related to next Grade pay after 10 years in one Grade pay. Again DoPT would be advised to issue orders for the persons concerned since cadre controling authorities may like to perpetuate the feudal mentality.

J R Meena

Still reeling under "Extension Raj" ?
This is the third time extension of the tenure of the CEO of India's biggest Central Public Sector Undertaking within a span of two years (as if Indian Public sector had no other professional to lead such an organization). It is a pity that when Government of India is planning for a massive expansion program in the Power sector by adding a generation capacity of over 100,000 MW in the coming decade, the pivotal organization which has to supply and install the plant and equipment is still reeling under "Extension Raj".
It is high time that the UPA Government especially the veteran minister Mr. Vilasa Rao Deshmukh should direct PESB to take expeditious step to hunt for a dynamic manager, who can spearhead this organization and meet the enormous challenges, it has to face in the coming years.

Narendran, Former BHEL Employee

P S Gill - New DGP Punjab

P S Gill, IPS(JK-74), who is joining his new posting as DGP Punjab is really a right choice for the tough job. He is very kind hearted and professionally sound officer, who have always won the hearts of his seniors as well as juniors. It is co-incidence that he is today taking over the charge from his elder brother R S Gill, IPS (PB-73) who shall be serving as DGP/Director, Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur till Feb'2010 under command of his younger brother, who is also one year junior to him in service. But all is well in the family. My heartiest wishes to P S Gill for his successful tenure in Punjab.

Pawan Kumar

Is there no one in Punjab Cadre?
Is there no one in Punjab Cadre to don the mantle of DGP Punjab?

Ajit Sarthi

Naming of projects
Needless controversies are being created due to the party in power insisting on naming schemes and projects after certain individuals. This undesirable practice started by the Congress has by now become a normal method of getting cheap political gains by all parties. It is high time this practice is stopped.
All such projects and schemes which are made for the people from the taxes paid by the people, belong to the people and the country, not to any political parties. A project or scheme can be named after any individual only with approval of a two thirds majority in the Parliament or the State Legislature, as the case may be.
V Raj