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Posting of 1976 batch IAS to commence from August
Posting of 1976 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India will commence from August.
Kumar to join NTRO?
Outgoing Special Director of the RAW P.V. Kumar is expected to join the National Technical Research Organisation (NATO).
Padamvir Singh to succeed Rudra Gangadharan
In the event of Rudra Gangadharan's moving to Delhi, Padamvir Singh will succeed him as Director of the LBSNAA. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh.
18 new GMs in RBI
18 officers of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have been promoted to the rank of General Manager. Interviews for the post took place only last week.
Rohit Modi to join Gammons
Former MT cadre IAS officer Rohit Modi has been appointed Deputy Managing Director of M/S Gammons India Ltd. Mr. Modi is currently on leave in the UK and on his return will join at Gammons.
Joy to join APPA course next month
V.P .Joy who was Joint Secretary Power is set to join nine months long APPA course in the New Delhi located Indian Institute of Public Affairs (IIPA). It will commence on July 1, 2009.
Panda is PMG WB Circle
On promotion to SAG 1 J. Panda has been appointed PMG (BD) WB Circle. He is 1980 batch Indian Postal Service Officer.
CBEC Chairman to retire in July
The Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs, P.C. Jha is retiring from his service in July.
Who supplied this photograh in Media?
This Special photograph has been published in Gujarat media. Million dollar question who has supplied this photograph to the media?.
Sabat to join CRPF
S.N Sabat is all set to join the CRPF as DIG. He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Will Varun Gandhi become UP BJP President ?
There is a serious move to appoint Varun Gandhi as President of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bhartiya Janata Party.
Deputy CAG Bharti Prasad to retire
Deputy CAG Bharti Prasad is retiring by June end.
CSS officer Bothyal empanelled for JS
Senior CSS officer G.S. Bothyal has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
IAS reshuffle in Rajasthan
There is Major IAS reshuffle in Rajasthan. New postings are Mssrs:-Alka Kala Development Commissioner, Rajiv Mahirishi Chairman Indira Gandhi Lake Project, Ravi Mathur Administrator Rajasthan State Cooperative Bank, Meera Mahrishi Principal Secretary Welfare, R.P. Jain Chairman Rajasthan Civil Services Appeal Tribunal, Tapendra Kumar Commissioner Departmental Enquiries, Rakesh Verma Principal Secretary GAD and Cabinet Secretaries, Gurjot Kaur Principal Secretary Planning, Rajhans Upadhyay Commissioner Nareg, Vipin Chandra Sharma Principal Secretary Technical Education, Damodar Sharma CMD Warehousing Corporation, Subhash Chandra Garg MD Rajfed, Umesh Kumar Commissioner District Primary Education Programme, Tapesh Panwar Principal Secretary Higher Education, Lalit Mehra CEO Jaipur Municipal Corporation, Usha Sharma Secretary and Commissioner Tourism, Yaduvendra Mathur Secretary PHE, Atul Sharma Divisional Commissioner Ajmer, Pawan Kumar Goyal Commissioner Mid Day Meal, Mahavir Singh DG Registration, Shubhra Singh Member Board of Revenue Ajmer, Sanjay Malhotra Commissioner Tribal Development Udaipur, Sudhansh Pant Commissioner Jaipur Development Authority, Sandeep Verma Commissioner Collegiate Education, Ajitabh Sharma Excise Commissioner Udaipur, Alok Gupta Collector Jhunjhunu, Vaibhav Galaria Deputy Secretary Finance, T. Ravikant Collector Kota, Ashutosh A.T. Pedhnekar Collector Sriganganagar, Ms Poonam Collector Boondi and Shilpa OSD Personnel.
IAS changes in Meghalaya
There are IAS changes in Meghalaya. Sanjay Goyal will now be Joint Secretary and Director of Tourism .He will be replaced by T. Dkhar .Peter W. Ingty has been made Commissioner and Secretary Revenue and Disaster Management and ERT&S departments, besides Housing, Tourism, General Administration and Arts & Culture Departments and Commissioner of Tura Division. Donald P. Wahlang has been entrusted as Secretary in-charge Planning Board and Mission Director of National Rural Health Mission and Commissioner and Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs.Aldous Mawlong will continue to be OSD GAD. I.R. Sangma has been posted as Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and Officer on Special Duty Social Welfare and Community and Rural Development departments. M.N. Nampui will continue to BE Labour Commissioner.
Who will be Chairman of Calcutta Port Trust?
Government of West Bengal has proposed the names of M.L. Meena, IAS and A.K. Maliwal, IPS for the post of Chairman Calcutta Port Trust. The Shipping Ministry is to choose either of these two West Bengal Cadre officers. Sending the name of Mr. Maliwal has caused annoyance amongst the IAS officers of the state since the post falls in the cadre schedule of the IAS. Currently A.K. Chanda, IAS (W.B. Cadre) is chairman.
Meena is new Commissioner of BBMP
Bharat Lal Meena will be new, Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) He will replace S. Subramanya.
Sanjoy Krishna to get extension
Kumar Sanjoy Krishna JS in the Department of Economic Affairs is all set to get three months another extension.
IPS changes in Haryana
There is major IPS reshuffle in Haryana. New postings are Mssrs:-VB Singh DG (State Vigilance Bureau); Brijinder Rai DG (OSD) rules; Swaranjit Singh DG (Administration); Rakesh Malik DG (Human Rights and Litigation), V.N. Rai DG (Law and Order), P.V. Rathee DG (CID); Anil Dawra ADGP (CID); Parminder Rai ADGP (SVB); Y.P. Singal ADGP (CID); Mohinder Lal ADGP (Crime), Shriniwas Vashisht ADGP (Armed Police), Dr R.C. Mishra IG (Prisons); RC Jowel. IG (Vigilance); Manjit Singh Ahlawat IG (Vigilance), Gurgaon; Shiv Shakti Rao IG (CM flying squad), Dr KP Singh IG (Training and OSD Rules). K. Selvaraj ; Dr. Rajwant Singh IG (Law and Order); Sudhir Chowdhary IG (HPA) Madhuban; P.K. Aggarwal IG (Faridabad range), Alok Mittal promoted as Jt Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon, A.S. Chawla DIG (CID); Raj Pal Singh DIG (Law and Order), P.S. Ranga DIG (IRB) Bhondsi, Navdeep Singh Virk SP (Hisar); Shrikant Jadhav SP (Panipat); Anil Kumar Rao SP (Rohtak); Mohinder Singh Sheoran SP (Sonepat) and K.K. Rao SP (Karnal).
Former IPS officer no more
Retired IPS officer Mahendra Singh Gangwar has passed away in Patna. He was an officer of the 1948 batch .
Shivanandan is new Police Commissioner Mumbai
D Shivanandan has taken over as new Police Commissioner of Mumbai. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.
DMs shifting in Uttarakhand
Several DMs have been transferred in Uttarakhand. New postings are :- Mssrs Raman Ramnath Rudraprayag,Sharad Kurve Tehri,P V R Purshottam Chamoli,Aruna Dhondiyal Uttar Kashi,Suvardhan Almorha,Narayan Singh Negi Pithoragarh,Mohan Chandra Upreti UdhamSingh Nagar and Minakshi Sundaram Haridwar.
IPS changes in Chhattisgarh
Amresh Mishra,Rahul Bhagat and Rahul Sharma will be SPs of Dantewada,Narayanpur and Raigad respectively.J K Thorat and Anand Chabra have been moved to the PHQ as AIG's.Sushil Dwivedi and R K Bhedia will be SPs of Jashpur and Koriya respectively.
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Jha is new Police Commissioner Surat
Shivanand Jha has been appointed Police Commissioner Surat in place Deepak Swaroop.
CBEC transfers 31 Dy./Asst. Commissioners
The Central Board of excise & customs (CBEC) has transferred its officers in the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise.They are : A. P. Killekar - Bhopal CX to Mumbai Customs-III , Abhilasha Mahapatra (Ms) - Shillong CX to Systems Delhi , B N Dasgupta - Vigilance Kolkata to Kolkata CX , Chakarvarti Vaid - Meerut CX-II to Systems Delhi , D. G. Deshpande - Bangalore CX to Pune CX , Dhirendra Lal - UOP to Systems Delhi to Nagpur CX , Dinesh Boudh - DRI Lucknow to Ranchi CX , Dinesh Chandra Misra - Delhi Customs to Vigilance Delhi , G. Srinivasan - UOP to DRI Chennai to Vigilance Chennai (Retention) , Jayanta Kumar Nayek - Bhubaneshwar CX to Kolkata Customs , K. U. Prasad - DGCEI Jamshedpur to Hyderabad CX , M. Chandrabose - UOP to Hyderabad CX to Coimbatore CX (Retention) , M. K. Sondhi - DGICCE Delhi to Delhi CX , M. P. Arya - Ahmedabad CX to Audit Ahmedabad , N. P. Meshram - UOP to Ahmedabad CX to Nagpur CX (Retention) , N. Sreeramachandran - UOP to Coimbatore CX to Cochin CX (Retention) , Prakash Chandra Ramawat - Lucknow CX to Kolkata CX , R. Alocious Selvaraj - UOP to Cochin CX to Coimbatore CX (Tirunelveli) (Retention) , R. K. Duggal - Delhi Customs to Delhi Customs (P) (Amritsar Customs) , R. K. Sood - HRD Directorate Delhi to Delhi CX , Rishi Goel - UOP to Systems Delhi to Jaipur CX (Retention) , Rita K. Singh (Ms) - NACEN Delhi to HRD Directorate, Delhi , S. M. Sayed - UOP to DGICCE Nasik to Nagpur CX , S. N. Nathan - GOAW Ghazipur to Kolkata Customs , Shaikh Khalid Abdullah - DGICCE Mumbai to Vigilance Mumbai , Shobha Fuller (Ms) - UOP to Cochin CX to Mysore CX (Mangalore) (Retention) , Surinder Gupta - Delhi Customs to Vigilance Delhi , T. V. Ravi - UOP to Bhopal CX to Bangalore Customs , U. Rajaram - DRI Bangalore to CESTAT Bangalore , U. V. Sangodhkar - Lucknow CX to Mumbai CX-I , V. Prabhakaran - CESTAT Chennai to Chennai CX.
66 Addl./Joint CITs transferred
As many as 66 Additional/ Joint Commissioners of Income Tax have been transferred.
Sanjay Bahadur to join Competition panel
Sanjay Bahadur Additional Commissioner of Inc ome Tax (CIT) Delhi on central deputation is going to join the Competition Commission New Delhi as Director (Ecomics) for a period of one year. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1989 batch.
Manoj Pandey to join Competition panel
Manoj Pandey Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) Patna on central deputation is going to join the Competition Commission New Delhi as Director (Law) for a period of one year. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1992 batch.
Transfer of S.A.R. Shaikh deferred
The CBDT has deferred transfer of Sajjad Ahmed Rafiyoddin Shaikh Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (DCIT) Mumbai to West Bengal region till March 31,2010.
Transfer of Babu Dev Naik deferred
The CBDT has deferred transfer of Babu Dev Naik Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (DCIT) Mumbai to Nagpur region till March 31,2010.
Ajay Vidyasagar is COO Sun TV Ajay Vidyasagar has joined Sun TV Network as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Ajay Vidyasagar is COO Sun TV
Ajay Vidyasagar has joined Sun TV Network as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

RTI
Are Note-Sheets leading to chargesheet exempt?

Information regarding notings leading to the charge sheet and exoneration, changing of decision from exoneration to awarding of 'censure' and related information were rejected u/s 8(1)(e), 8(1)(g) and 8(1)(j) of the Act.

In a strong worded statement, the Commision held the contention of respondents to be 'so absurd as to be hardly worthy of consideration'.. The Commission also held that a fiduciary relationship can hardly be applied to the relationship between the Government and its own employees and it certainly cannot cover noting in a public document.

The Commission denounced recourse to sec. 8(1)(g) in a matter of personnel management in which all the parties are Government Officers. It held that the claim that the conduct of inquiry against the appellant, a senior official in the Department is not a public activity or indeed of no public interest is entirely specious.

[CIC decision dated 8.5.2009 Ms. Rukhsana Shaheen Khan v. DoPT &
Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA)].

Mrs. Anuradha Verma

Co-author of the Book RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE

CORPORATE
Dr Chakrabarty to take charge as DG RBI
Dr K.C. Chakrabarty will take over as DG RBI on Monday. Prior to this he was CMD of the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
Two new Directors
Ms. Seema Kukreja, an advocate and Sandeep Kumar, chartered accountant and company secretary will be Directors of the Retail chain Vishal.
D Sundaram is Vice President of TVS Capital Funds
D. Sundaram has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the TVS Capital Funds..
Koshy appointed National Sales Head Sadhna News
Leji Koshy who was National Sales Head of Big Cinemas has now joined Prabhatam Group's Sadhna News as National Sales Head. Koshy has worked with the Times of India, India Today and Sahara group. Sadhna News is in air in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Hamid Ahmed aggressive about Rooh Afza Summer Festival
Hamid Ahmed, Director Marketing Hamdard (Wakf) is quite upbeat to promote Rooh Afza, the flagship brand from Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories. Under the leadership of Ahmed and campaign executed by Triton Delh, Rooh Afza Summer Festival is going to take place in Noida, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
BJP is not willing to accept the mandate we gave it!!!!
As a responsible Opposition in the House it is refusing to sit!!
That's because BJP is in internal turmoil!!!
Power hankering has brought matters to a boil!!!
BJP is now truly Bharatiya Jhagda Party... first it was Jaswant!!!
And now it's Yashawant!!!
Joshi has been heckling for years!!!
And Shourie is nearly in tears!!!
The two who should be held responsible for this debacle!!!
Have survived by a 'miracle'!!!
Advani and Rajnath shamelessly continue despite the loss!!!
And this has got many in the BJP cross!!!
Add to this Jaitley and Sushma being given posts causing heartburn!!!
Yashwant and Jaswant feel it was their turn!!!
Congress says this is beyond their wildest dreams!!
First winning and then BJP splitting at the seams!!
As long as Advnai and Rajnath continue BJP is going to be in a tizzy!!!
With hitting out at each other BJP Leaders are going to be busy!!!
Congress should do the Nation a favor and aid BJP in getting out of this jhagda!!!
Let Advani retain the house he is in for life and give BJP an issue that is taghda!!!
By this I mean an issue that will make these guys bond!!!!!
Bring up an issue that will be akin to putting a croc into BJP's pond!!!
Like just for the fun of it say Sonia's being made the PM!!!
And after they have bonded Congress should say it meant…. Prima Mama or PM!!!
After all she's sixty plus and with Congress aiming to reduce the average Neta age in Congress!!
Mama would be apt way the younger lot Sonia ko karre address!!
Prima Mama ji please do the Nation a favor and give it back an Opposition!!!
This is just my humble proposition!!
Laloo's scams will now start tumbling out!!!
On this taking place many were sure or you can say had no doubt!!
In Bihar now it is alleged that Railways paid inflated amounts for acquisition of land!!
Laloo's near and dear benefited and public money ka bajaa band!!
Of course Laloo will say 'I damn care'…. meaning one more case!!!!
One more in the list of cases Laloo karr raha hai face!!!
Laloo's a tough nut and he'll fight tooth and nail!!!
But by the looks of it very soon he could be applying for Bail!!!
Where is Amar … Singapore or UK……does he feel Indian Docs are not good enough??
Or Mr. Bentley is fond of videshi stuff!!!
And when Big B was in hospital Amar was in the hospital 7 to 11!!!
Though in actuality he was there for Big B 24x7!!!
For Big B or Raja his appointments are more important than Amar ir Runk!!!
And that is why he's in Macau giving quid pro quid the bunk!!
Confucius says… Big B had let us know about a Raja and Runk relationship!!!
It shows in his closest friendship!!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Extend CBI mandate to cover IAS, IPS too
There is a need to extend the mandate of the CBI to include all IAS and IPS officers even when they are working in the states. Currently, the jurisdiction of the agency does not extend to such officers resulting in incomplete drive against corruption. It is only IAS/ IPS officers on deputation to the central government/ PSUs etc who come under the CBI scanner.Is the PM listening?
Vijay Kumar
CBDT order complex
The recent order of CBDT for Additional /Joint Commissioner Income Tax is full of complexity and favoured position. Some of the officers, who were shown due has not been transferred and some of the officers were never shown due as they did not submit data. Some of officers who came from deputation last year, who were to be transferred this year were also not transferred. One classic case is of civil list 95012, 2006, 94081//90, and others who have done more than 8 yrs in Delhi and Mumbai but still not transferred but rewarded. This is state of transparency and pick and choose.
SK
Discontinue PDS and reduce corruption
There is a heartening news today that the Planning Commission is in favour of cash payments to the BPL families instead of grain through the PDS. Nothing could establish the good intentions of any government that seeks to reduce corruption than the decision to dismantle the PDS system. This is now irrelevant. It served a purpose for a short period when food imports under PL480 used to be the prevailing situation. India has come a long way since then and has started exporting food grains. In public service, what starts as a plan scheme is not wound up even after serving the purpose for which it was created and is continued for several decades either as plan or non-plan scheme. This must change. Dr Manmohan Singh decided to wind up the DGS&d. Could he? The organisation continues in different form. Government can not purchase quality products or services because of such organisations.
The PDS is not only emblematic of corruption, but contributor of public criticism of the government. In fact, it has brought very bad name to the Congress party (I am referring to the Congress party before it split). But since the goodwill, assets and liabilities also got transferred, the present congress has inherited this system of open and shameless corruption. It is known for selling the items in black market, more than 49% of adulteration(technically called foreign material), underweighing, selling inferior quality products unfit for even animal(swine) consumption, fake beneficiaries, wastage of time for irregular days of distribution etc. It affects the image of the government, exploits the poor, generates black money feeding the black economy derailing all planning in the country, sullies the image of the ruling party, smears the image of the government, gets a bad name for the country, promotes criminals who manage to get fair price shops allotted in their name due to their political party worker tag, wastes the most valuable asset of the country viz; food and attracts unwelcome comments from international organisations like the TI.
PDS today is Perennially Diseased System and more frightening than the swine flu-it is a typical Indian strain and calls for urgent treatment at the hands of the doctor who knows the disease and the diseased and also the cure and its need. Can the young brigade look the other way? Can it take the bull by the horn? It does not need even 100 days!
M.L. Gupta
IPS Vs BSF
The Police Office, who come to serve 5 years deputation period, lack, experience, man management. Knowledge and skill to command BSF from time to time. Hence, in the last 44 years BSF has not been able to evolve proper Border Management Doctrines and strategy.
It is pertinent to mention that the 6th CPC gas recommended 50% of posts of the IG and above to be filled by Cadre Officers in CPMFs against the present existing quota of 33% only in the rank of IG. However this recommendation has been completely overlooked by the Empowered Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary and finds no mention in the Govt. Orders. Few DGs of CPMF like BSF and CRPF has probably backed the 50% quota in the rank of IG and above for Cadre Officers but the powerful IPS lobby seems to have managed to get it toned down for their selfish motive, whereas have been fighting tooth and nail for their own pay to be fixed on time scars basis with the same service length of IAS Cadre.
The National Police Commission constituted by the Govt. of India by its resolution No. VI-24021/36-77-GPA-I Dated 15.11.1977 submitted its first report in Feb' 1979 and final report in 1981. The N.P.C. at para 44.25 (6th report) had pointed out that IPS cadre recommendation was never implemented nor any effort was made by the Chiefs of CPOs to take up the matter with MHA as they are of the opinion that it will hamper their own growth without bothering about the interest of the nation.
NK
Tail-piece
Really a class analogy
An Old Story:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.
Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
Indian Version:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
The World is stunned by the sharp contrast.. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for ' Bengal Bandh' in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers.
Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of thewinter.
Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in Government Services.
The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, it's home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.
Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'.
Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.
CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden '
Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.
Many years later...
The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley ,
100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ,
AND
As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers,
India is still a developing country…!!!
By -a Visitor