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Is Anil Ambani highest contributor to Congress funds?
Intelligence agencies believe that in recently held polls to the Lok Sabha, the famous industrial magnet Anil Ambani contributed far more heavily than any other corporate group to the Congress party's kitty.
Who will be new Member UPSC?
Who will succeed K. Roypaul as Member of the UPSC this month? Names of senior most 1972 batch IAS officer Ms. Sudha Pillai, Secretary in GoI Ms Rajni Rajdan and Secretary Personnel Rahul Sareen are in circulation.
Vijay Raman to move to Raipur!
Vijay Raman is moving to Raipur as Special DG CRPF. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Medhekar to move to Kolkata
R. .K Medhekar is moving to Kolkata as Special DG BSF. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Nandkumar was number one in the panel
T. Nandkumar was number one in the panel submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the post of Secretary Home. G.K. Pillai was number two and Naresh Dayal was number three in the panel.
Anand Sharma wanted UT cadre IAS officer
Appointment of Rahul Khullar has not come as surprise in the Udhyog Bhawan. Infact, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma wanted an UT cadre IAS officer for the post.
Why did Anand Sharma meet Prasar Bharti CEO?
Even after becoming Minister Commerce Anand Sharma had a long meeting with Prasar Bharti CEO B.S. Lalli. What could be the reason?.
B.B.Vyas poised to join C.P.Joshi
As the grapevine has it B.B.Vyas, IAS, 1986 batch, Jammu & Kashmir cadre is poised to join C.P.Joshi Indian Minister for Rural Development as Officer on Special Duty (OSD). At present he is Principal Secretary to N.N.Vohra J & K Governor & CEO of the Amaranth Shrine Board as well as the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. He had earlier worked as PS to the then Indian Minister Yeshwant Sinha.
Transfers of CIT & above next month
As the grapevine has it transfers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS)officers of the rank of CIT & above shall happen in July.i.e.only after the budget session of the Parliament.
P.D.T.Achari Secy.Gen. LS, gets extension
P.D.T.Achari Secretary General to the Lok Sabha was given extension in his tenure up to September 30,2009, by Somnath Chatterjee the outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker.
Sudhir Kumar Jain has joined as Joint Secretary Power
Sudhir Kumar Jain who was Officer on Special Duty (OSD) with the then Indian Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav has joined as Joint Secretary Power. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch of the Bihar cadre.
Rakesh Yadav to be PS to Salman Khursheed
As the grapevine has it Rakesh Yadav is poised to join Salman Khursheed Indian Minister Corporate Affairs & Minority Affairs as his private secretary (PS). He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1987 batch.
H.B.Mahanta to be PS to B.K.Handique
As the grapevine has H B Mahanta is poised to join H.B.Mahanta Indian Minister For Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) as his private secretary (PS). He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1987 batch.
Sinha to join BSF
Arun Kumar Sinha is joining the BSF as IG . He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
50 GMs in fray for banks EDs
As many as 50 General Managers (GMs) of different public sector banks are in fray for selection of 11 Executive Directors (EDs) for which interviews will be held on June 8 & 9, 2009.
New grading in ACR for All India Services officers
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has directed all the States and Chief Secretaries to ensure that they now switch to new gradation system for All India Services officers. As per the directives with the implementation of the All India Services (Performance Appraisal Report) Rules, 2007, the conventional gradings awarded to the members of the All India Services in the old All India Services (Confidential Roll) Rules, 1970 has been changed to numerical gradings in a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 refers to the lowest grade and 10 to the highest. The changes will be effective from the current year and highest grading of 10 should be restricted among 20 per cent of the total staff.
Travel entitlement for purpose of LTC restored
Travel entitlement for the government officers and/or their families for the purpose of LTC has been restored. They may now choose to travel on LTC by any airline provided the fare does not exceed the fares offered by NACIL (Air India) under their new LTC scheme for business class. Till recently, they were entitled to travel only on the cheapest economy fare ticket irrespective of their entitlements on tour.
IAS officer seeks VRS in Rajasthan
Parvindra Singh, who had sought voluntary retirement, was retired by the Rajasthan Government on June 5, 2009. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch. Parvindra Singh hitherto was Principal Secretary Higher & Technical Education with the Rajasthan Government. He will be joining the Common Funds for Commodities & will be based in the Netherlands (Holland).
Anil Verma to continue with Pranab Mukherjee
In all probability Anil Verma will continue as PS to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer to be PS to Chidambaram
One Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer is likely to be appointed PS to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
Will Omita Paul return to the North Block?
Room of Joint Secretary (Pers) in the Ministry of Finance has been vacated. Speculations are rife that Central Information Commissioner Omita Paul is returning as OSD to her old boss Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Unusual delay in promotion of 1990 batch IAS
Unusual delay in the promotion of 1990 batch IAS to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India has baffled the bureaucracy. Nobody knows the reason of delay.
Mahapatra is PS to MoS Tourism
B.B. Mahapatra has joined as PS to Union Minister of State of Tourism Sultan Ahmad. He is 1990 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
Sharma to be PS?
Alkesh Sharma 1990 batch IAS officer from Kerala cadre is likely to join as Private Secretary to a Union Minister from Kerala.
Rehman is OSD to MoS Toursim
H. Rehman has joined as OSD to Union Minister of State of Tourism Sultan Ahmad. He is an IIS officer.
Upendra Tripathi selected as PPP
Upendra Tripathi, IAS, 1980 batch KN Cadre presently working as JS at Minority Ministry has been selected as PPP (Public Private Partners) in the Ministry of Road Transport and National Highways. Department of Personal reportedly asked Minority Ministry whether Ministry would relive Tripathi for his new assignment.
Decision about CS Punjab next week
As the grapevine has it decision regarding new Chief Secretary by the Punjab Government is likely next week. Incumbent Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh has been appointed, as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by Prakash Singh Badal Chief Minister of Punjab. Ramesh Inder Singh is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Punjab Government.
Ms.Neelima Jauhari is CMD-Spinfed, Jaipur also
Ms. Neelima Jauhari who is Administrator of the Rajasthan Land Development Bank (LDB) has been given additional charge of CMD Spinfed, Jaipur. She is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.
2 months decisions in MoEF to be reviewed by Jairam Ramesh
All decisions of last two months pertaining to appointments & promotions will be subject to scrutiny of newly inducted Minister for Environment & Forests Jairam Ramesh. He is a Minister of State with independent charge.
Post of DG Forests lying vacant
The top post of Director General (DG) Forests is lying vacant as P.R. Mohanty who was DG retired on May 31, 2009.
Post of Vice Chief, VPT to be filled up
The post of Vice Chairman Vishakapatnam Port Trust (VPT) is to be filled up soon. Deadline for submitting applications for the post is June 10, 2009.
1984 batch IPS to get ADG rank in AP
1984 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Andhra Pradesh this month.
Kamlendra Prasad to join GoI June 8
Kamlendra Prasad is going to succeed D.M. Mitra as Director of the NICFC on Monday, June 8, 2009. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Kothari gets additional charge in Rajasthan
L.P. Kothari Principal Secretary (PS) Medical Education to the Rajasthan Government has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary Higher & Technical Education.
IAS officers get additional charge in UP
Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Vranda Swaroop has been given the additional charges of Higher Education, Higher Secondary Education and Basic Education. Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare, BM Meena was given the additional charge of Backward Welfare department. On return from leave Harbhajan Singh has been appointed Principal Secretary, Medical Education.
Vice Admiral Verma will be new Navy Chief
Vice Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma was named as the next Navy chief. Vice Admiral Verma, who is at present the Eastern Naval Commander at Visakhapatnam, will take over from incumbent Admiral Sureesh Mehta on August 31 when the latter retires from service. Vice Admiral Verma is an experienced Naval officer who once commanded India's sole aircraft carrier INS Viraat,
ICS officer is no more
Arvind Shankar Bam, the last ICS officer to join the Bombay/Maharashtra cadre passed away recently at the age of 91. He was of the 1941 batch. He was an engineering graduate of the University of London. The only other Indian ICS officer of the 1941 batch in Bombay, Jamshedji G. Kharas, opted to serve in Pakistan, leaving Mr. A. S. Bam as the last ICS officer in the Bombay cadre.
In his youth A. S Bam had been seconded to serve in Bengal during the famine as a Civil Supplies Officer. After 1952 he served in the Central Government in Calcutta till 1965 as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Rehabilitation Branch Secretariat, as Iron and Steel Controller and as Chairman of the Tea Board.
In 1965 he became Chairman of Indian Airlines Corporation in New Delhi. In 1967 he went on deputation to the United Nations Development Program as Resident Representative and retired from the New York office in 1978. He resettled in India after that and lived in Kurseong and Delhi and for many years was a Director of Tata Tea Limited.
With his death the only remaining ICS officer of the Bombay/Maharashtra cadre still alive in India is a Scotsman Mr. John Bowman, now aged 92, who is of the 1938 batch and lives in Bombay. Mr. Bowman continued in Bombay after independence and prematurely quit the ICS in 1962 while in post as Secretary to the Government of Maharastra in the Buildings and Communications department. He then was the Executive Vice President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry for several years and Chairman of the Breach Candy Nursing Home Trust.
Rahul Khullar appointed Secretary Commerce
Disinvestment Secretary Rahul Khullar has been appointed as Commerce Secretary. He will replace G.K. Pillai, who has been made the Home Secretary. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(See below-We said this on March 24 )
Will Rahul Khullar succeed Gopal Pillai?
In case Gopal Pillai moves to the North Block as Secretary Home it is widely believed in the corridors of power that Secretary Disinvestment Rahul Khullar will succeed him. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Vahanvati appointed Attorney General
Goolam E.Vahanvati, Senior Advocate has been appointed as Attorney General for India for a period of three years with effect from 8th June 2009 (Foornoon)..
Ms Jha to return to the cadre
The GoI has approved the proposal of the Department of Consumer Affairs for premature repatriation of Ms Ranjana Jha, IRS(C&CE:87) from the post of Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bureau of Indian Standards.

CORPORATE
Why sharp decline in NALCO profit?
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has reported a sharp fall in profit. According to the audited financial results for the 4th quarter the company achieved a net profit of Rs.83 crore this quarter compared to the net profit was Rs. 416 crore in the previous year. Is the Government aware of this?
Will Purwaha be CMD of Engineers India?
GAIL director business development A.K. Purwaha is likely to become next CMD of Engineers India after losing out in January to B.C. Tripathi for the CMD post at GAIL.
Lambert joins Oberoi Hotels as President
Irishman, Liam Lambert has joined Oberoi Hotels as President of the hotel division mumbai. Previously, he was with the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong.
11 AGM promoted in Corporation Bank
11 Assistant General Managers of the Corporation Bank have been promoted as Deputy General Managers.They are Mssrs:- Thangaraju V., Virendra Kumar Aggarwal, V.S. Karthikeyan,r K.G. Subramanian, Tejappa B.B., K. Govinda Bhat,r Rishi Pal Arora, Kurian P. Abraham, Vijay Walia, Dhananjay Madhav Rao Mujumdar, and P.V. Chandrasekaran
Arundhati Bhattacharya is CGM SBI Bangalore Circle
Arundhati Bhattacharya has taken over as Chief General Manager of State Bank of India Bangalore Circle, Manager Corporate Strategies & New Business at State Bank of India's Corporate Circle, Mumbai.
Grady Burnett switching over to Facebook.
Grady Burnett Head of Google's Ad Word is learnt to switching over to Facebook
Burnett will head online sales advertising in Facebook.
Big FM, appoints A. Mathew George as Sales Head
Big FM 02.7 Radio has appointed A. Mathew George as its Sales Head for Delhi region
Earlier, George has worked with Radio City & Bennett Coleman & Company in sales.
Prasana Krishnan elevated as COO Neo Sports Broadcast
Neo Sports Broadcast has elevated Prasana Krishnan as Chief Operating Officer in
Prasana Krishnan has been promoted to the post of chief operating officer, a newly created post at Neo Sports Broadcast. Earlier Krishnan was VP Business Development in the organization
Shubha George promoted as CEO MEC South Asia in Mediaedge
Mediaedge India M.D. Shubha George has been promoted as CEO MEC South Asia in Mediaedge India by the company. In her new role George will look after business development in digital media.
Post of Director (Finance) vacant in Engineers India Ltd. (EIL)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of Director (Finance), Engineers India Limited. Applications of the aspirants for the same are required to be forwarded to PESB by July 30, 2009 alongwith their up-to-date bio-data (in the prescribed form).

Forum
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An Open letter from an IPS officer ( Last part)
I dont consider myself competent enough to advise. I am however giving some suggestions which come from different walk of life.
1. Please separate intelligence gathering, investigation and general policing.
2. Remove cadre system for police. May be people can be recruited at different levels but they must be part of one joint police force. As it is with Army or different CPOs. If you continue with cadre in local policing you are only killing the official talent at lower level. Right now the local police personnel do not have faith on these cadres because they just are after personal aggrandizement. The pay commissions are an example. The IPS fought only for themselves rather than police force as a whole. Everyone knows that in pay commission army/navy/air force were asking for their dues as one entity whereas for lower police hierarchy and also CPOs commanded by these IPS, no body was bothered. Please see the police force any where in the world other than colonial states like us. The Police chief joins as a constable and rises through ranks with dint of hard work and his own exceptional ability. The removal of this class of exam wonders is essential otherwise we are doomed.
3. State Police should concentrate on policing at state level only. For Central Police people should not be brought on deputation. Otherwise you are weakening state police on one hand and creating conflict at the other in the CPOs at central level. All the forces have their specialization and work culture. The deputationists only distort the whole functioning and culture of these organizations. De-motivation and demoralized force is only by-product of this kind of deputation policy.
4. If there is a feeling that deputation provides fresh thinking, then it is not correct. All of them (Deputationist) come from same rut and they are only escaping from their respective states or organisation because of their own personal problems. None of them comes to these organization for positive developments. Even If then too the government feels they should be allowed to come on deputation, give them option to come and absorb after 2 years in these cadres rather enjoying the best of both the world for ever. Shifting from one organization to different organization is order of present day. Please stop this anarchy.
5. Provide infrastructure support at all level. Providing cars like Honda City to senior officers does not serve any purpose. They are not fighting force. If you want to give, provide Bullet Proof, advanced weapons, modern investigating and fighting technology, proper housing, medical facility and insurance and other support to men on duty.
6. Improve training. Don't allow sloth senior officers to go in training programs abroad. Allow only actual men who will work for these courses. For example check with Maharashtra Police force the person who has done Anti-Terrorist Courses abroad and where they are deployed. It will be an eye opening exercise if you will see the detail. Spend money for actual training. Don't allow inefficient and unwilling persons in training. Don't allow to philosophies the police training. It's a functional requirement not an ideological or philosophical thing which senior officers sermonize.
7. See the background of all top police officers at Central level. Everyone has been on deputation for not less than 10 to 15 years. What they have contributed in actual policing, no one knows. But they are there because of sycophancy and political help.
My submission is long but at least I am happy that I am venting my feelings to an extent. It's for specialized police job, not for a generalist like IPS. Dear Sir, You have the historical chance to set things right with all backing of nation.
Get rid of them.
A Man in u inform.
IPS Vs BSF
Nobody will help you because as all IAS and IPS babus of secretariat are busy in their own agenda and have no time to even listen your grievances. It is because BSF is lead by civil services officers of Indian Police Service who come on deputation at the rank of Dy Inspector General and above for brief period when atmosphere is their home cadre is not suitable for them and go back when it suits. Here also they are always placed at their place of choice. Although BSF officers are professionals who have vast experience of fighting and leading troops in most difficult conditions yet their voices are not heard, but on other hand take the case of IAS or IPS where they don't have any specialized skills neither they develop one, but by virtue of their one time success in an examination, they develop a right to lead everyone, and they will lead whole police force one day because they are born in Police with Golden Spoon that is IPS. BSF recruits officers directly, but finally led by IPS. 99% of IPS officers have not served with these organizations at ground level but when they come they will come as leader of the force garnering all plum postings and privileges leaving beside the officers of the cadre as second class citizen of the organizations. Frankly BSF cadre has enough opportunity to grow and serve the nation to the fullest but to make some more than equal to others, but IPS has created a mess in these services whose vitality is essential at this juncture of our country.
They come to BSF when after completing their lucrative tenure as SSP of a district they are not able to get a range. BSF for an IPS DIG is a temporary parking place. He waits for the time till the situation in his home state becomes favourable so that he can get back to his cadre. Till that time, he considers BSF officers to be incompetent and corrupt and blames him for the ills of BSF. His immediate aim in BSF is to become IG of a western frontier or IG (Pers). In BSF Where the average tenure of IG training of the force is three months and IG (PERS) is three years.
NK
All eyes on Pranab
All eyes are on Mr. Palanimanickam and Mr. Pranab Mukerjee reg IRS transfers. Before the election Palanimanickam had [on record] stated that spouse clause and medical clause will be given highest sympathy.
AI
Social justice in retirement!
Regarding social justice in retirement and 40 years of service, I fully endorse the view that many officers age is wrongly recorded. Govt could easily for example verify the correct DoB of those whose parents were in the govt by verrifying from records of their father regarding details of children. Best would be to give a fixed term of 40 years or even 37 years so that all especially SC/ST/rural background and the poor are equally placed once they manage to join service despite all odds.
Rita
Tough job for Mamta
People of West Bengal have experienced CPM rule for the last more than 3 decades. They must be wanting a change. Mamta was able to exploit this sentiment in the Lok Sabha elections. But it will be difficult to sustain the high-pitched tempo for long period of two years when elections to the state assembly will take place. Nobody knows this better than Ms Banerjee herself. It will be for the people to decide whom they want to rule them, but having observed her dramas, she does not seem to be suited for the job. As railway minister there are many challenging tasks before her, than issuing subsdized passes, which she announced the day she took over. How she is different from Lalu Prasad and Paswan? She should travel in ordinary train and see herself what she should do. Besides, working in West Bengal she should also prove to be a good railway minister.
Bishan Sharma

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