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Raghu Menon appointed Secretary I & B
Raghu Menon has been appointed Secretary Information and Broadcasting on Friday.He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.
( We said this on May 18 and again on June 2)
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.
Ashok Kumar tipped to be CS, Goa
Ashok Kumar, IAS (UT cadre, 1974 batch) Vice Chairman, DDA is tipped to be Chief Secretary, Goa. Present Chief Secretary, Goa Haukhum Hauzel, IAS (UT cadre 1974) is being moved to Delhi.
Goa Chief Secretary recalled
Goa Chief Secretary Hauzel Haukhum (UT - 1974) has been recalled to Delhi.
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.
1991 batch IPS promoted in TamilNadu
Eight 1991 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of IG in TamilNadu.
Ms Patil is Regional Director WCCB
Ms Tejeswani Patil is joining the recently created Wildlife Crime Control Bureau as regional Deputy Director Western Region. She is a IFS officer of 2002 batch of AGMUT cadre. With her joining all the regional offices of this bureau will be filled up.
Why delay in decision on OSDs?
Why there has been delay in decision on appointing OSDs to different Ministers? Reason for this is said to be Government of India (GOI) not being in favour of having them.
Ex. IFS officials rule the roost in the UPA led Central Government
Ex. IFS (India Foreign Service) officials are at helm of affairs in the UPA led Government at the Centre. Lok Sabha Speaker Meera Kumar, Vice President Hamid Ansari, advisor in Pak-Afgan matters. Satvender Lambha and Governor of Rajasthan SK Singh - all are Ex.IFS officials.
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.
Ms. Alka Rehani promoted as Accountant General
Ms. Alka Rehani Bhardwaj, IAAS officer of 1993 batch, has been promoted as Accountant General, Maharashtra, Mumbai.
Pramod Kumar is IT Ombudsman, Bangalore
IRS officer Pramod Kumar has been made IT Ombudsman, Bangalore
Training Course in Tsunami Disaster Mitigation
A Group Training Course in Tsunami Disaster Mitigation to be held in Japan from 28th September 2009 to 18th September 2010.
Another Padamshree awardee
Ms. Shovana narayan, IA & AS, is another Padmashree awardee in the country.
Sharma is DRM Thiruvananthapuram
Rajiv Dutt Sharma has taken over as Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Railway Manager.
V.J. Accamma is CPRO Southern Railway
V.J. Accamma has taken over as Chief Public Relations Officer of Southern Railway. She belongs to the (IRSS).
Mukta Sekhar posted in Northern Railway
On return from deputation, IRAS officer Mukta Sekhar has been posted in the Northern Railway.
Shukla is PS to Uttarakhand CM
Pannalal Shukla has joined as PS to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal.
IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu
There is IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu. New postings are :-Mssrs M. Pandian will be DCP Thiruvannamalai district, S. Pannerselvam SP Railways in Chennai,N. Baskaran Pulianthope, Joshi Nirmal Kumar SP Tamil Nadu Commando Force in Chennai,S. Manoharan DCP Traffic (North) Chennai,A. T. Duraikumar DCP Kilpauk ,P. Pakalvan SP Civil Supplies Chennai,B. Vijayakumari AIG Law and Order Chennai ,C. Sridhar DCP, Central Crime Branch,V. Chinnathambi SP Economic Offences Wing-II Chennai,N. Sivamoorthy SP Anti-Dacoity Cell Chennai ,R. Mohan SP Commercial Crime Investigation Wing Chennai and P. Ramakrishnan SP Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Southern Range, Chennai.
Pitroda is roped in by the Railways
Mr Sam Pitroda has been roped in by the Railways to help the Railways better use its optical fibre network across the country. He is going to head the Expert Committee.
P S Gill takes over as DGP of Punjab
J & K cadre 1974 batch IPS officer P S Gill has taken over as new DGP of Punjab on Friday.

CORPORATE
Three new Directors of NMDC
Three new Independent Directors have been appointed on the Board of the NMDC. They are Y.K. Sharma, chartered accountant; Abdul Kalam, former Chairman and Managing Director of Eastern Coalfields; and K.S. Raju, former official of the Indian Bureau of Mining.
CVC penalizes DM of Oriental Insurance Co.Ltd
CVC has ordered reduction in basic pay by one stage permanently in the case of a Divisional Manager, Oriental Insurance Co.Ltd.
Jyothi Prakash is Station Manager Air India
M. Jyothi Prakash has taken over as station manager of Air India, Thiruvananthapuram.
Tagat is CGM NABARD
Venkatesh Tagat has taken over as Chief General Manager of Karnataka Regional Office of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Mamtha carried the Railway Budget in 'people's briefcase' or jhola!!
Aur jhole se apne sops ka aur trains ka pitaara khola!!
She literally read the trains like a Irani Restaurant waiter announces the Menu!!!!
Sops and trains ki lagaa di Didi ne queue!!!
At present all I can say is..... ghar paise se chalta hai baathon se nahi!!!
Kabhi sunna hai ki kissi ne paani ke saath jamaa liya hai dahi????
CJ says Judges assets should not be put in public domain!!!
The declarations are with the Registrar and 'in the file' under lock and key remain!!!
He feels making this asset info public would give the wrong message to litigants…what?
I'm sure by the Judges themselves this argument would not be bought!!!
Top on Judicial Reform should be making Judiciary accountable!!!!
And transparency on Judges is not discountable!!!
This Holy Cow syndrome that our Judiciary has should be done away with!!!!
This Holy Cow attitude must be making the blindfolded Lady writhe!!!
Or then people like Amar Singh take the law into their haath!!!
And fax the Judge his assets and present themselves in his Court saath saath!!
Judges cannot be above the Law that they uphold!!!
This to them in no uncertain terms needs to be told!!!
They say Pranb Da is going to do away with many of PC's harebrain taxes!!!!!
When it comes to harebrain taxes PC 'maxes'!!!!
Hope Pranab Da's Budget is not Stock Market centric like PC's was!!!!
After presenting the Budget PC waited anxiously for Stock Market's applause!!
And if someone questioned something in his Budget PC was at his sarcastic worst!!!
Before answering he'd insult the questioner first!!!
Why is the Government running an airline and is in the hospitality business????
This is not the Government's business!!!!
Travel by Air India and you are made to feel Air India is doing you a favor!!!!
Rudeness and could not care two hoots is the flavor!!!
Someone invited a newly made friend to his place for a meal!!!!
After the meal th guest asked the host ' your wife is an Air Hostess with AI I feel'!!!
The host asked this person how did he know….. then he said let me guess!!!!
Either you were a passenger and she served you or the meal service put you in stress!
Go to Ashok in Delhi and you will realize what I am saying!!!!
As you wait for the Waiter either he's busy chatting or on his mobile some game he's playing!!
What to say of the economics….. one Nescafe 500 g packet for one coffee cup????
Economics of gupp!!!!
Let the private sector take over and things will change!!!!!
Today passengers and guests say 'this Indian hospitality sure is strange'!!!!
Why didn't the MP who slapped the Bank Manager apologize in public???
Maybe once they become MPs they feel ' bahut chotti hai public'!!!
While electioneering they kiss our hands and post election they slap us!!!!
Only during electioneering on us do they fuss!!!
Raja will get away because the Judge has not named him and is not going to do so now!
And behind the scenes they will settle this row!!!
A Judge has made a serious allegation and CJ should order him to reveal the name!!!!
Or the Judge should be taken to task for 'unsubstantiated blame'!!!
Confucius says.... an unsigned letter is considered fit for the bin!!!!
A 'unnamed' allegation by a person for whom proof is primary is a cardinal sin!!!
Bharat Kumar
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CAT - It is very difficult to change the system
It is suggested that every Ministry should have service redrerssel cells ,with some legal status, for the redressel of grievances on service matters. Every Ministry does have senior Officers from IAS,IFS,IPS etc and one of the Senior Officer should be given inchargeship of redressal. If it is difficult to get services from serving Officers, the Government is free to utilise the services of retired Officers of and above the rank of Deputy Secretary with some supporting staff as redressal cells , which can be independently work in the ministry and decide majority services cases /issues on the lines of CAT ,with some judicial color. CATs do have administrative members and on the same lines we can have redressal cells with Senior Officers. We are sure, if such cells are set up, the cases from CAT etc will come down significantly. As stated by me earlier, some one at Law Ministry or higher level, is required to examine the case seriously for some solution.
We wish some mechanism will come sooner or later
Lakshmi
Only 10 percent work tirelessly
Mr. Upreti's contention that "Indian Civil Servants are ideal" is correct. He says that some of them work tirelessly. The problem is that "some" here means less than 10% and that too in not very important posts.
J R Meena
Government is avoiding right action
Urban Development Minister Mr. Jaipal Reddy has recommended reduction in interest rates on house loans. From past experience, making loans easily available only helps builders to hike their prices. Instead of focusing on the main issue of high per sq. meter price and black money due to which customers suffer, Government is cleverly avoiding the right action. Surprisingly, the Minister appears to have deliberately disabled his email address : sjaipal@sansad.nic.in which may be just to avoid the common man contacting him.
The Govt. that is supposed to work for the people, is working for business lobbies!
R Swami
Give functional names only
I fully agree with the sentiments that all Government projects and schemes are meant for the people and made with their money. The system of naming them after any person must be totally stopped. All such schemes should be given only functional names as is already being done e.g. NREGA etc. The Sea Link in Mumbai can simply remain as Bandra-Worli SeaLink. These immature politicians need to learn some lessons.
M Ashar
Mumbai
Let Sat reveal his identity
Let B Sat reveal his identity.He is surely an IPS officer.Let him answer what the IPS guys have done to mitigate the suffering of these jawans.After all they are the top guns.
Amitabh Agarwal,Advocate,MICA,