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What Bureaucrats think about the formation of next government at the centre?
The general elections are round the corner and the bureaucrats have started making their own assessments as to who would rule the country in the days to come. Whether it will be the Congress, the BJP or the respective fronts - UPA and NDA - lead by these parties. Will it be a third Front that will govern the country? We tried to elicit the views of bureaucrats across the country. They feel …………
(7) Kerala - Total seats 20
CONGRESS- 13
LEFT PARTIES- 7
Pulok Chatterjee to be CS if UPA returns to power?
If UPA Government returns to power, insiders say, Pulok Chatterjee will succeed Cabinet Secretary K M Chandra Shekhar on June 16, 2010.1974 batch UP cadre IAS officer Pulok Chatterjee is presently ED World Bank in Washington.
Is the post of Sports Secretary jinxed?
Is the post of Secretary Sports in Government of India (GOI) jinxed? This question has started doing rounds in corridors of power. Since two serving incumbents died as Secretary in the said Ministry, there is hardly any taker for the post of Secretary Sports now.
Pay revision for PSU staff a distant reality
Revision of pay for staff deployed in Government of India (GOI) run Public Sector undertakings (PSUs) seems to be a distant dream, because related file has now been sent by the GOI to the Election Commission of India (ECI) for dispensation. Once it was cleared by ECI then the cabinet is expected to approve the same. It may be stated that Indian Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh had Okayed decision regarding granting of 6th pay commission to staff in PSUs in the afternoon of March 1, 2009.
Changes in MHA in GoI
The portfolio of VIP Security has once again been given to Ms. Anita Chaudhury Additional Secretary Home. A few weeks back it was assigned to Raman Shrivastava, after a brief reshuffle in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the recent past. Accordingly all files will be routed through JS(PM), Dharmendra Sharma which were earlier being routed through JS(IS-II) Lokesh Kumar Jha.
Tenure of CVO HECL extended
Deputation tenure of PK Siddharth, Chief Vigilance Officer in the Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited, Ranchi, has been extended upto April 30. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Srivastava is new JS Social Justice Ministry
Ashish Kumar Srivastava has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Commission for Economically Backward Classes under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He is 1980 batch IFS officer of J & K cadre.
(We said this on February 13,2009).
Post of Member Planning in AAI in circulation
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is VP Agrawal has circulated vacancy for the post of Member Planning in AAI.
Chaitanya Prasad poised to be Director, DEA
As the grapevine has it, Chaitanya Prasad is poised to become a Director in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA). At present he is Private Secretary (PS) to Akhilesh Singh, Indian Minister of State for Consumer Affairs. Prasad is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Deputation tenure of Anand extended in CBI
Deputation tenure of Piyush Anand DIG CBI has been extended till February 16, 2011. He is 1991 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Deputation tenure of Komar extended in CBI
Deputation tenure of N N Komar, SP in the CBI, has been extended till February 2012.He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Nilabh Kishore is new SP CBI
Nilabh Kishore will be new SP in the CBI. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.
Vidya Kulkarni to join CBI
Ms Vidya Kulkarni is joining the CBI as SP. She is 1998 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Tomar to join CBI
Deepak Tomar is joining the Government of India as SP CBI. He is 2001 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Nongpluh promoted as DIG in CBI
Heimonlang Nongpluh has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Rakesh Aggrawal promoted as DIG in CBI
Rakesh Aggrawal has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Jillani promoted as DIG in CBI
S J M Jillani has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.
Vineet Agrawal promoted as DIG in CBI
Vineet Agrawal has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Anurag promoted as DIG in CBI
Anurag has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Mahesh Agrawal promoted as DIG in CBI
Mahesh Kumar Agrawal has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Thakur promoted as DIG in CBI
Dhruva Kumar Thakur has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Ms. Shailly Ranjan to be AIG Forests
As the grapevine has it, Ms.Shailly Ranjan an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Jammu & Kashmir cadre who belongs to the 2001 batch is tipped to be AIG in the Indian Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF).
SBI DMDs interviews on March 24, 2009
Interviews for promotion of nine Chief General Managers (CGMs) as Deputy Managing Directors ((DMDs) in the State Bank of India (SBI) and its affiliates are finally going to held from March 24 to March 26,2009. It may be stated that nine Chief General Managers (CGMs) had been short listed for last year. They are: MN Rao CGM Bhubaneshwar, Narayan Raja CGM Mumbai, Pratik Choudhary State Bank of Saurashtra, A Krishna Kumar CGM Patna, Dinesh Kumar Jain CGM Bhopal, Diwakar Gupta CGM SBI Card, AP Verma CGM SBI Corporate office & SS Ranjan Chief of Corporate affairs.
Political rumblings push Rahul Gandhi
Pre poll political rumblings have nowadays pushed Rahul Gandhi AICC general secretary out of the limelight.
Indore University V C gets Congress ticket
Vice Chancellor of the Indore University Dr Bhagirath Prasad has been allotted Congress ticket from Bhind Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh.He is retired 1975 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on February 19 )
Mallika Sarabhai to contest against Advani ?
Mallika Sarabhai is likely to contest against L K Advani from Gandhinagar. She may contest as an independent candidate. Congress will support her from outside.
Pilibhit SP and DM transferred
Pilibhit DM Mahendra Prasad Agarwal and the Superintendent of Police, R.K. Chaturvedi have been shifted on the orders of the Election Commission.
Andhra Pradesh DGP shifted
The Election Commission has ordered the Andhra Pradesh government to DGP S. S. P. Yadav to a non-election related post and send a panel of three names, by Friday.
( We said this on March 10 )
Abhijeet Majumdar is Editor Mid Day
Abhijeet Majumdar who so far was Delhi based Resident Editor(RE) with Mid Day has been elevated as Editor by the group.
SP in Karnataka worth Rs 250 crores ?
If the reported news quoting the Lokayukta is to be believed one SP in Karnataka is worth Rs 250 crores.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
Jagan M. Seshadri has been posted as DGP/Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation Ltd, Chennai. Vibhakar Sharma has been posted as ADGP/Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation, Chennai.
Authorities take cognizance of mass alleged copying in Delhi
Authorities in Delhi have taken a serious note of alleged mass copying during a recently conducted examination by Delhi police.
Divided opinion about examination by Delhi police
There is a divided opinion regarding the ongoing row relating to alleged mass copying in a recent examination conducted by the Delhi police. One group feels in the Government that the examination be cancelled. The other opinion is to disqualify those incumbents who allegedly used unfair means (UFM) including mobile phones.
Three names forwarded to EC for AP DGP,s post
A panel of three IPS officers is reported to have been suggested by the Andhra Pradesh Government for the post of DGP. They are Mssrs K. R. Nandan, A. K. Mohanty and P. Gautham Kumar.
Sahoo's Handbook for IAS, IPS and IFS 2009 released
The Sahoo's "Handbook on Service Matter for IAS, IPS and IFS, 2009" has been released and is available at leading book stalls. Written by D.C. Sahoo, IAS, the first edition of the book in 2008 proved to be a hit and it is now regarded a must read for All India Service Officers. Priced at Rs. 270 the book can be obtained from the Chief Distributor M/s Sittaraman & Co, Royapettah High Road, Chennai - 600014. Fax: 044-28113947, Office -044-28111516, 28117069 (e-mail: csandco@md3.vsnl.net.in). or may be procurred by VPP from the publisher i.e. R.N. Sahoo, DCS Publishers, Plot No.2188, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Fax No.0674 2587280 (e-mail: dcs.publishers@yahoo.co.in).

CORPORATE
KD Row promoted as GM in Air India
KD Row has been promoted as GM (Projects AIB) in Indian and posted in Mumbai.
Janestin is number two in OVL Ltd post
K S Janestin of the ONGC is number two in the panel selected by the PESB for the post of Director (Commercial)Oil India Videsh Ltd.
Sarkar is new Director (Marketing) CIL
A K Sarkar has taken over as new Director (Marketing) of the Coal India Limited on Wednesday.
Robin Banerjee is new chief financial officer of Suzlon Energy
Robin Banerjee has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Suzlon Energy.
Ritesh Jain joins Morgan Stanley's investment management business in India
Ritesh Jain joins as head of fixed income business for Morgan Stanley's investment management business in India.
Kaushik Mukherji quits Hungama
Kaushik Mukherji Chief Operating Officer (COO), Hungama, has quit.
Shishir Joshi quits Mid Day
Shishir Joshi who so far was Director(Editorial) with Mi Day has quit.
Krishna Warrier quits Mid Day
Krishna Warrier who so far was Director(Editorial) with Mid Day has quit.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Laloo has given Congress the tangh!!!!
And seems he and Paswan brokered a deal over Holi ki Bhang!!!!
Sooner or later Laloo was expected to show his true rangh!!!
So does this mean Laloo and Congress ka bass yehi takh ka tha sangh!!!
Fact is all are trying to improve their seat share!!!!!
And their clout to bargain will depend on how in the elections they fare!!!
Though some say Laloo and Sonia have a tacit pact!!!!
But in Bihar JD(U) and BJP will win hands down and this is a fact!!!
This Paswan and Laloo pact will get them a seat (one seat more)!!!!
They can do whatever they want but in Bihar they face defeat!!!
A Mandir for Laloo and Rabdi just shows how people demean Him!!!!
God is God and God is not created by someone's whim!!!
Varun Gandhi really went overboard and my guess is he will have to pay!!!
Without a doubt what he's said any sane person would flay!!
Mummy protects animals and birds and son wants to chop off human hands!!!!
Seems in some trouble or the other this Mom and Son jodi lands!!!
Janaki Natrajan should first understand the meaning of anti-incumbency!!!!
Anti incumbency is because of Voter despondency!!!
Really Congress's Spokesmen … Natrajan , Singhvi and Tiwari,
All three suffer from maansik bimaari!!!
Their bimmari is caused by sycophancy!!!
They show what are the causes of anti incumbency!!!
Pawar's NCP will at most get 9-12 seats!!!!!
So his roars from becoming PM will soon turn to bleats!!!
With 9-12 seats how can Pawar even dream of PM's post!!!!!
NCP's seat share will ensure that Pawar's PM ambitions end up like burnt toast!!!
Balasahib himself stands in quick sand!!!!
He seems to be over rating 'his hand'!!!
Advani should realize Media is intrusive and Public is smart!!!!
Though Advani feels he's perfected 'convincing' as an art!!
Like we all know about the effects of the Rajnath - Jaitley fight,
But Advani tries to show as if its something light!!
Why does he not try to be a Leader who pulls no punches???
And keeping the Jinnha fiasco in mind does not go ny his hunches!!!
Fact of the matter is that Advani does not inspire!!!
Lacks firefighting abilities as he's not been able to blow out the Jaitley Rajnath fire!!
Amar Singh says ' Jaitley is welcome'!!!!
See Jaitley to what things have come!!!
Confucius says…If this fight between Rajnath and Jaitley is for kall (tomorrow)!!!
Then I don't think in the present to this fight there can be any hul (solution)!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Whispers is always ahead
Whisper will give news ahead of all other news. It is good. Please send latest wage revision of PSU + group of minister.
K V S Rao
Resentment among PSU employees over confusion on pay revision
Acute resentment is brewing among more than 3.5 lakhs PSU employees all over the country because of a lack of a clear signal of pay revision. This pay revision, which was to come after more than 12 years seems to have been totally bungled by this government. Now instances of more attrition are coming and discontentment is at its peak.
Kumar Ashokan
Clear confusion on wage revision
Kindly give correct information when will our pay be revised. From your whisper, there is no clear information whether PM has cleared it, Ministry has approved it or is it stuck with the Election commission. What is the truth ?
Suresh Babu
Government least bothered about PSU employees' demands
Government is least bothered about the genuine demands of PSU employees. It is planning only to tie their hands and forget about the assurances made regarding Pay Revision. This is because it will not have much effect on their Vote Bank as only 15 - 20% of transferable employees of PSU at the most are having Voter ID Cards. Rest are either not have Voter ID or have cards issued for previous place of posting.
Kaushal Ambrish
PSU Officer
What about Pay revision ?
What has been done in the Pay revision may be shared. Is there any improvement in the pay revision for which Oil sector employees went on strike. please give true picture and status of file.
Vikash
Is there any authenticate news about pay revision ?
Any authenticate news about pay revision of PSU employees. We are eagerly waiting for but these politicians are never bothered about public sector employees or else pay the interim hike in a few sectors.
M V Banu
We should have an Indian PM
I think India should go for an Indian Prime Minister and not a Marathi or Bihari or Oriya or Dalit or backward or forward one. It is a pity that we are dividing our country in caste/creed/language topography and we should oppose it. The present politicians have learnt the magic trick of British to divide and rule and this is going to destroy our nation !
Anand Kumar
Will it be extended to CSSS cadre ever ?
Vide No.38/86/03-P&PW(A), dtd 5th Nov.2008, Organised Accounts Department Pensioners' have been granted notional fixation of pay for pension from 1.1.96. I wonder to know whether this will also be extended to CSSS cadre in the near future. If yes, approximately when it is likely.
B R Bharadwaj
Sudhir Nath- a great loss
Great loss. An unacceptable truth. He used to start with 'please' and end with 'thanks' even in official work. Bahut yaad aayenge. During his tenure in Ministry of Defence as JS(HAL), i have not seen him tense, angry. Very hard to find a gem like him.
Nirmala
Sudhir Nath-real shock
It was a real shock to hear about the sad demise of Sudhir Nath. He truly was a mystic who could peep into the hearts of all those around him. I loved him from the days of my coming into contact with him during his stint in the Ministry of Defence. My prayers for peace to his departed soul and for all his near and dear ones who shall miss him a lot.
Arvind Mehta.
Railways are a Law unto themselves
Every day senior officers of the rank of Joint secretary are being posted and transferred. Please follow the link www.indianrailways.gov.in and www.irastimes.org for more details.
Parivartan
Ex IAS officer in IT net
It is really shameful that a retired member of our service was caught carrying cash at Delhi Airport by IT officials. Such blacksheep ,who are in service or have retired, should be ostracized and we should ourselves be vigilant that the name of our service is not tarnished
Ranjan Sahay
India has been taken over by IAS
Broadly speaking, India has been taken over by the IAS. No other service is remotely visible in the government. All decisions by the government are directly or indirectly in favour of the IAS and simply ignore the existence of other services. Political parties should take cognizance and give opportunity to other service personnel to raise in their career. This is a wake up call to India. Politics is not beyond reach for the IAS, see the number of retired candidates contesting elections this time. MPs and MLAs it is time to apply your mind. Do it for peoples sake.....
A Sharma
Requisite features for a modified ACP
The modified ACP should have the following features if it is to help the staff who doesn't have promotional avenue or promotional avenue is very bleak. The present ACP suggested and approved by the government will create more frustration than motivation.
1. It should be as recommended by CPC, in 10, 20, 30 years from the year of joining/exam.
2. It should be according to the post available in the particular organization/Deptt i.e. person in CSS joining in GP 4200 should get GP 4800 after 10 years and GP 6600 after 20 years and so on.
3. Person in the GP 4800 should get GP 5400 after 4 years as that is part of that designation i.e. SO
4. Person getting benefit of ACP should get all the benefit of that grade/designation which is applicable to those who got through promotion except nomenclature and signing authority (power). They should get all facilities i.e. housing, LTC, BCA, FA (in foreign posting), deputation/hardship allowance etc.
5. At present ACP is counted from date of joining whereas it should be counted from date of joining or date of promotion where the employee is stagnating for more that 10 years. This will be beneficial to those Assistants who have cleared the SOs exam within 10 years of joining and in their case they should get the ACP from the post of SO once they complete 10 years from the year of becoming SO. Same is also with LDC & UDC.
Sunita
I saw some discussion on CPOs and particularly on BSF. Society comparisons are bound to happen, let it be Armed Forces, Politicians, Organisations or Individuals. But whoever has compared BSF with Bangla Desh Rifles (BDR) must be a person with no understanding of uniformed services in India. Yes there have been certain examples of Forces going haywire while trying to get their dues, but certainly that does not seem to be the case with BSF. It is a highly disciplined and dedicated Force. Our public can always count on the BSF without any iota of doubt. This force has shown its worth in 1971 war with Pakistan, militancy in Punjab and J & K and during Kargil war too. Yes this fact seems to be right that BSF officers and men have not got their real dues from the Indian Government and Indian Public. Limelight is stolen by others. Kargil war is in fact a failure and a blot on Indian army. It was in fact BSF who could save the Indian territory by not leaving their winter-time bases. BSF posts provided launching bases to Indian army but the Indian Government gave unceremonious exit to BSF from that area. During my interaction with many BSF officers, I tend to accept that their is some genuine frustration among BSF troops and officers, and the VIth Pay Commision has not done enough to eliminate that. Hope it doesn't take a bad shape in times to come. This is not because that the government does not want to give but who will project their case? IPS or Army officers at helm of affairs? You know a BSF jawan deployed in same extreme hard conditions get less rations, less allowances, less facilities than the Army jawan of same rank and duty. Army put the pressure on government and got Pay Band-4 for its Lt Col which is equivalent to 2IC rank in CPOs. Hope there must be someone who does matter in entire scheme of things, must be listening these silent voices in this great democracy...thanks
B S Kinwar
Seniority List-reg.
DOPT should update seniority lists of all the Non-(All India Officers)'s on its website. DOPT may also be doing a great justice in reconsidering seniority of those persons who had in the past forgone their promotion for the fact that they didn't want to displaced from their respective ministry. DOPT may kindly recall that there had been instances wherein some person were retained in the public interest. But these were persons who had recommendations of the higher ups. But an employee having no recommendation had to lose his seniority for about 10 years even on being debarred for 3 select lists on misguidance of respective departments. There are cases of recent appointments wherein same cadre is now being allotted to promoted employees. It is, therefore, to think again that there is no public interest severed if one chose to remain in the same cadre. Their misfortune was that the respective cadre did not have vacancy that time. if remaining in the same cadre on public interest was justified and allotting the same cadre is also not against public interest, then how come that people who didn't want to be displaced because of some personal compulsions were acting against the public interest. Just because that they were misguided and opted for forgoing the promotion, they should not be punished in their career upliftment. Because in ministerial cadre in the ministry and especially to employees of PA/PS/PPS, the job profile being same there appears no vested interest except that one is comfortable or the Boss wants to retain a particular person. The cost being so high as much as losing 10 years of seniority, the govt. must consider giving them their original seniority considering the fact that not allowing them promotion did not serve a larger interest because the same cadre is allotted now also; and that employees had been retained in public interest also; and moreover when govt. is now transferring most of the people compulsorily now on promotion makes the earlier policy of giving option irrelevant as a policy measure, thereby negating its own policy which has victimised people but for the option being offered. Hope, the DOPT Secretary, Minister would take an favourable action.
Bobby Kapoor