Your expectations are very true. You have some internal source of information or what? Any way keep it up. Your news is also very interesting.
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Will Madhukar Gupta be Tripura Governor ?
Grapevine has it that Secretary Home Madhukar Gupta is being appointed Governor of Tripura. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
1972 batch IAS to be new Secretary Home ?
This is now certain that an IAS officer of 1972 batch will succeed Madhukar Gupta as Secretary Home. Will he be 1972 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer T Nanda Kumar?.
T K A Nair to continue
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, T K A Nair will continue.Decision has been taken in view to ensure continuity and speedy implementation of UPA Government's flagship programmes.
M K Narayanan to continue as NSA
New Government has decided to continue NSA M K Narayanan.In view of his long experience in the field he has been asked to continue.
Justice Lahoti to be new NHRC Chairman ?
Former Chief Justice of India Justice R C Lahoti is likely to be appointed new Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. The post has fallen vacant last week.
Dr.Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty to be DG, RBI
The appointment Dr.Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) as Deputy Governor (DG); Reserve Bank of India has been cleared. Notification regarding
his appointment is likely to be issued in a day or two. Other contender for the slot was T.S.Narayasami who retired as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Bank of India (BOI) on May 31, 2009.
Corporate leaders to be Member Planning Commission ?
There is a serious move to appoint leaders of the Corporate world as Members of the Planning Commission.
Mishra to join CISF
Vinyatosh Mishra is new DIG CISF. He is 1993 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
Ranjan Prakash Thakur is PS to I & B Minister & Ms.Ambika Soni
Ranjan Prakash Thakur, of IRTS has joined as private secretary (PS) to Ms. Ambika Soni Indian Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Minister.
Manoj Agrawal is PS to Tourism & Housing Minister Ms.Selja
Manoj Aggarwal, IAS, 1990 batch, Gujarat cadre has joined as private secretary (PS) to Ms. Selja Indian Minister for Tourism, Poverty Alleviation & Housing.
Ashok Barnwal is PS to Kamal Nath
Ashok Barnwal, IAS, 1991 batch, MP cadre has joined as private secretary (PS) to Kamal Nath Indian Minister for Road Transport and National Highways.
K.L. Meena is PS to Mahavir Prasad Kandera
K.L. Meena, IAS, 1993 batch, AGMUT cadre has joined as private secretary (PS) to Mahavir Prasad Kandera Indian Minister of State for Transport .
S.K.G. Rahte is PS to Subodh Kant Sahai
S.K.G. Rahte, IAS, 1990 batch, Jharkhand cadre has joined as private secretary (PS) to Subodh Kant Sahai Indian Minister for Food Processing Industry.
Pradeep Yadav is PS to M.K.Azhagiri
Pradeep Yadav, IAS, 1992 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre is private secretary (PS) to M.K.Azhagiri Indian Minister for Chemicals & fertilizers.
Ravi Kota is PS to B.K.Handique
Ravi Kota, IAS, 1993 batch, Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is private secretary (PS) to B.K.Handique Indian Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DONER).
Ms.Sadhna Shanker is PS to Vayalar Ravi
Ms.Sadhna Shanker is private secretary (PS) to Vayalar Ravi Minister for Indian Overseas Affairs. She is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1987 batch.
S.K.Rao is PS to Ghulam Nabi Azad
S.K.Rao an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of the 1984 batch is private secretary (PS) to Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian for Public Health & Family Welfare.
Shashank Goyal is PS to Vilas Rao Deshmukh
Shashank Goyal, IAS, 1990 batch, Andhra Pradesh cadre has joined as private secretary (PS) to Vilas Rao Deshmukh Indian Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
Why did Sanjay Baru meet PM ?
Why did former Media Advisor to the Prime Minister Sanjay Baru meet PM Manmohan Singh ?. Anybody's guess.
Seema Jain to be new Director, Ministry of Social justice & Empowerment
Ms. Seema Jain will be new Director, Ministry of Social justice & Empowerment. She is 1991 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
CAT imposes fine on Surface Transport Ministry
In yet another landmark judgement, Chairman of CAT Justice VK Bali has imposed a fine of Rs. fifty thousand on the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for preventing an officer of the Ministry deceitfully from joining NHAI. This the second instance in recent months that cost has been imposed on this Ministry.
Vacancies in Delhi
One post of Joint Secretary is vacant at Delhi (Protection of child rights) and 3 posts of JS level out side of Delhi are vacant.
Gangaram Badheriya set to join GOI
Gangaram Badheriya is poised to join the Government of India (GOI) as a Joint Secretary. The matter is under process in Ministry of Personnel. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
Archna Arora moves to Andman &Nicobar
Archna Arora has been moved to Andman & Nicobar Islands. She is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
1996 batch UT cadre IAS get Selection-Grade
1996 batch UT cadre IAS officers have been given Selection-Grade. Promotion orders are being issued shortly.
SS Brar is the hot contender for the post CS, Punjab
As the grapevine has it, SS Brar is the hot contender for the post Chief Secretary Punjab. Prakash Singh Badal Chief Minister of Punjab has appointed Incumbent Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
Sudhir Sharma is new CS of Tripura
Sudhir Sharma has taken over as Chief Secretary of Tripura. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
( We said this on May 21 )
Sashi Prakash is now Advisor Inter-State Council
Outgoing Chief Secretary of Tripura Shashi Prakash has joined the Inter-State Council as Advisor. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
( We said this on May 19 )
Ashish Kumar Singh not to succeed Amitabh Verma ?
Grapevine has it that PS to Union Minister of State Personnel, Ashish Kumar Singh, is not going to succeed Joint Secretary Banking Amitabh Verma in June end. 1988 batch IAS officer Singh is expected to return to the parent Maharashtra cadre.
After Petroleum, it is now Telecom
In the game of checks & balance, on in the UPA Government, after Petroleum, it is now the turn of Telecom which will be under the watch of "RG" i.e. Rahul Gandhi, brigade despite the Minister in this department being from DMK. Two lieutenants of Rahul who will keep a watch here are Gurudas Kamath and Sachin Pilot. They are sure to work as 'eyes' of Rahul in this department too.
1987 batch UT cadre IPS officers promoted
Six 1987 batch UT cadre IPS officers cadre have been promoted to the rank of IG. They are Mssrs:- Satinder Garg, P. Kamraj, Mohammad Taj Hassan, N. Dilip Kumar, M. S. Upadhayay and Ujwal Mishra.
IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Dinesh Kumar Shukla has been appointed Special Secretary Medical Education.Ramakant Shukla will be DM Mirzapur.Madhukar Dwivedi will move to Ambedkarnagar as DM.Manish Chauhan will be DM Etawah and Ravikumar DM Firozabad.
IPS postings in Orissa
Asit Panigrahi has been appointed SP Keonjhar.Soumendra Priyadarshi will now be SP Puri.Rajesh Kumar has been again posted as DCP of twin cities.
IPS officer is CEO of Technopark
1987 batch Indian Postal Service officer Merwin Alexanderhas taken over as CEO of the Technopark in Kerala.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
A.K.Vishwanathan has been appointed Joint Resident Commissioner of Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi.R. Sekar has been posted as ADGP (Crime). N.P. Singh will move as ADGP (Armed Police). Sandeep Mittal has been posted as DIG (Railways), Chennai. P.Sivanandi will now be DIG Coimbatore . M. Ramasubramani DIG (Armed Police), Tiruchi. S. Bhaskaran will now be SP (Enforcement).
Additional charge for C.S.Kahlon
C.S.Kahlon Member in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) who was
holding charge as Member (A & J) has been given additional charge of
Member (L & C) & Eastern Zone in CBDT.
Ms.Monika Dhami to join DEA
Ms.Monika Dhami DCIT Delhi on central deputation has been posted as an Under Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) for a period of three years. She is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer.
9 IPS changed in UP
As many as nine IPS officers have been transferred by the Uttar Pradesh Government.They are: Vijay Kumari IG Agra, G.P. Sharma IG Crime, K.K. Tripathi DIG Azamgarh, Sushil Kumar Singh DIG Chitrakoot and Kripa Shankar Singh SP Barabanki, Chandra Prakash SP Balia, Praveen Kumar SP Etawah, Raghuveer Lal SP Ferozabad , Lal Ji Shukla DGP HQ.
Ms.Neena Singh Pandey to be CVO,KVIC
Ms.Neena Singh Pandey Additional CIT Mumbai on central deputation has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Mumbai for a period of three years. She is Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1988 batch.
Transfers of two Assistant Commissioners cancelled
Transfers of two Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax, T Satyanand and BR Misra, have been cancelled and they are being retained in Gujarat and Delhi region respectively.

CORPORATE
Who is the richest CMD of PSUs ?
It has become a topic of discussion in the PSU circles that who is the richest CMD of PSUs having assets worth over Rs. 1000 crore.
R Srinivasan appointed Fund Manager-Equity in SBI
R Srinivasan has been appointed as Fund Manager-Equity in SBI. Earlier Srinivasan was head of 'Public Markets' of the Future Group
SAIL records 12% higher May sales
In May '09, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) being headed by S.K.Roongta, recorded best-ever monthly sales in the domestic market of about 1 million tonnes, which is higher by 12% over May '08. With this, domestic sales of steel by SAIL during the first two months of the current financial year stood at about 1.9 million tonnes, 21% higher than CPLY. SAIL produced around 1.1 million tonnes of saleable steel during May '09 which is 5% higher than CPLY. Production of special steels and high value-added items went up by 12%, touching 4 lakh tonnes, during the month.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Ulta chor kotwall ko daante…… Nitish ko Laloo karr raha hai blame!!!!
Whereas general opinion is it was Laloo's goons that set bogies aflame!!!
And his goons even shouted 'make Laloo Railway Minister again'!!!!
Now Laloo ignorance karr raha hai feign!!!
Laloo should realize that Indian Voter has matured a lot!!!
And that is why they booted out him with his lot!!!!
And by the looks of it Laloo's lonely days have just started!!!
From more pals he's going to be parted!!!!
Why doesn't he take up a hobby to pass time and keep 'devil' in check????
The adage says the Devil takes over when one is idle in the 'upper deck'!!!
Why did BJP choose a male Deputy Speaker??????
BJP's hell bent to become weaker and weaker!!!
Or was it scared that choosing a Female would get RSS hopping mad!!!!!!
RSS feels a female's place is at home and would consider BJP opting for a female as bad!!
Sushma has been chosen as Advani's Deputy but that does not mean she's next in line!!!
The choice of a male as Deputy Speaker is for her an ominous sign!!!
Commies are now planning to take on the Government via the Unions they control!!!!!
To create mass labour unrest is their goal!!!
Their ultimate aim is 'bring India to a stop' to show that they are a power to reckon!!!
And for this secretly Unions ko kiya hai Commies ne beckon!!!
On Disinvestment I have one sawaal…….will family jewels be sold to fund 'dole' schemes????
At least as of now this is what it seems!!!
Sarkaar should in fact disinvest totally in businesses that Sarkaar is unfit to run!!!!
Like now by inhospitable Sarkaari employees Sarkaar's hospitality businesses are being run!
So why not get out of such businesses in toto and for the sale proceeds a Fund should be made?
And via this fund Investments in Social and Infrastructure should be made!!!!
Disinvestments in PSU's where Sarkaar wants to remain invested!!!
To fund the expansion plans of these PSU's the disinvestment revenue should be reinvested!
For those who feel I'm a Gandhi family sycophant please be reassured that I am not one!!!!
The campaign they ran merited that an opportunity be given to Sonia and her son!!!
I hope Sonia and son realize that people's expectations are very high!!!!
And I think I do not need to remind them that how people electorally sigh!!!
I've spoken up against Congress's appeasement policies, Q, corruption, inflation!!!!
And other problems that were Congress's creation!!!
Congress epitomized positiveness this time and BJP's negativity was very clear!!!!
It's this positiveness that did endear!!!
Confucius says…… Bharat Kumar has not changed his colour like chameleons do!!!
On the wrongs that Congress commits Bharat Kumar will be the first to boo!!!
Adds....... I feel India and Aam Aadmi are very dear to Bharat Kumar!!!!
And he will not keep quite if either or both ko padhe maar!!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Reforms in policing system essential
It is a time when home minister must seriously look at the reforms in our policing system. What to talk of common man even the so called VIP's are scared of our rowdy police. I would like to narrate an instance which to me bring out how the civilized people like to keep themselves away from our colleagues in police. We were in the process of forming a Civil Service officers Group Housing Society' which had a mix of officers from various services. However when some members wanted to include some colleague IPS officers in the society there was a virtual boycott of the proposal by everyone present in the meeting as everybody was scared of the rowdy behaviour of the police officers. One can imagine if the civil service officers are so scared of their police colleagues than what would be the condition of common man.
MB
Home Ministry apathetic towards updating website
As a concerned IPS officer, I wish to draw the attention of the Union Home Minister towards the apathy of home ministry in properly maintaining and updating the contents of the website of the ministry as far as issues related to IPS are concerned. The old contents are neither deleted nor properly archived. The fresh contents are not timely and regularly uploaded. In my perception, it is willful negligence / deliberate omission. Concerned officials need to be pulled up. Compare it with DOPT's website and the difference is obvious. I hope that no non sense and truly professional HM will set the house in order, at once.
A concerned IPS officer
All kudos for writing on punctuality
I personally appreciate the writing on Punctuality. Now a day, in all departments without any exception, the Officers and Staff come late from 20 minutes to 1-2 hours daily and leave Office 30-45 minutes. The discipline is now a days confined to books only. If Government has to run efficiently, every body should feel his share of responsibility. All Departments/Ministries should issue instructions afresh and make all Officers responsible in implementing Government Rules.
Lakshmi
Give a serious thought to it
The comments on international exposure to the civil servants must be given a serious thought. Over last few years many officers of various services have gone to other countries for higher studies. After completion of their courses, they are compulsorily asked to serve in the Government for three years. This rule really needs to be revoked because they get international assignments just after the respective course due to networking with the international organisations abroad. Once they come back for three years, they lose all those opportunities. I hope with the joining of new Government with all ministers with global outlook, this rule shall be given a rethinking. This will provide the government to have new set of officers with international outlook. Having more Indians in the international organisations shall otherwise also be beneficial for the country as a whole.
R P Singh
Way is paved for increasing retirement age
With the introduction of Modified Assured Career Progression where officers will get promotions / higher grade upto level of grade pay 12,000 [Additional Secretary], the way is paved for increasing retirement age to 65. Wait for the budget session.
Anon
Must appreciate good work
We must appreciate good work done by anyone including the politicians. At the same time politics becoming a family affair is highly condemnable as pointed out in an editorial recently. It's not that the leadership qualities are confined to the elite class or well established families. To really give this country a democratic look, all deserving and potential young leaders from almost sections of the society must be groomed to discharge future responsibilities to take the nation ahead.
Yuvraj
Congratulations to the Cabinet Secretary
A very deserving ,positive and dynamic CS we have seen during the recent times. He has been very positive in cadre reviews of IFS officers which resulted in removing stagnation to a large extent especially in the batches from 1983 to 1987.
Murlidhar Rao
Congratulations for extension
Congratulations to Chander Shekher for extension as Cabinet Secretary. This is a special blessing of the PM to the govt servants and the country.
Rita
It's a welcome step
The one year extension to Cabinet Secretary is a most welcome one. He is a great civil servant and will lead the civil service effectively. I am not related to him and have never worked with him.
Singh
Congrats to you!!!
Congratulations to you for forecasting the extension of the present Cabinet Secretary as far back as 18-03-09 ie even before the General Elections. I think, he has been deservedly rewarded for his loyalty to the Congress party. Motives are not far to seek. The million dollar question is: Who after the present Cabinet Secretary, next year? Is it Pulok Chatterji? I pity Mrs Sudha Pillai!
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)
Doing a wonderful job
Think your website is doing a wonderful job of providing detailed insight into government policy changes.
Arshiya Singh