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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 …………
(10) UTTAR PRADESH - Total seats 80
BSP-40
SP- 20
BJP-9
CONGRESS- 9
OTHERS- 2
Ms.Sindhushree Khullar is Secretary Sports also
Ms.Sindhushree Khullar who is Secretary Youth affairs in Government of India (GOI)has been given additional charge of Secretary Sports. She is an AGMUT cadre IAS officer who belongs to the 1975 batch.
1979 batch IAS empanelment meeting
Meeting for the empanelment of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India did not take place on Saturday. No new date has been fixed.
Balachandran moves to Department of Space
B Balachandran, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, has been appointed Additional Secretary in the Department of Space in Bangalore. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Venkatachellam is now Additional Secretary, Health
V Venkatachellam will now be Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in the Government of India .He is 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Haleem Khan appointed DG, CAPART
Mohammad Haleem Khan has been appointed DG CAPART.1977 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Khan is presently Secretary in the Central Information Commission.
BB Srivastava goes to CIC
Bipin Bihari Srivastava is joining the Central Information Commission (CIC) as Secretary. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. He will replace Mohammad Haleem Khan.
PSE deptt to submit fresh proposal on pay revision
As the grapevine has it the department of Public Sector Enterprises (PSE) has been asked to submit a fresh proposal regarding pay revision of Government of India (GOI) run PSEs.
Interviews for the post of DG (Doordarshan) today
Prasar Bharti would conduct interviews for the post of DG in Doordarshan on Monday. This is being done following the directives of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
Is Home Ministry going the corporate way?
After the gruesome 26/11 Mumbai carnage, P Chidambaram took charge of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and assigned his bureaucrats a Herculean 100 days task to rejuvenate the grim security scenario in the country. As on date, 50 days of the task period has elapsed. Marathon meetings are to be started soon to take stock of the achievements in a typically corporate style.
CISF to give security cover in Pvt Jt sector units
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is soon going start deliberations about giving security cover by CISF in private/ joint sector units. As it is the Parliament had given its nod to the related bill.
ECI clips wings of Collectors
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clipped wings of Collectors for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. Unlike the past this time ECI's observers will approve list of polling & counting personnel. So will be the case will security plan. Collectors will not be able to do any alterations about them without approval of concerning observers.
Sikri yet to get Secretary level posting
DK Sikri, Registrar General (Census), is still waiting in the wings to get Secretary level posting despite his empanelment for the post of Secretary several months ago. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
LIC's relocation list from April second week
India's biggest insurance company the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is likely to affect a reshuffle of its senior officers from April second week. The officers who would be affected in the reshuffle include ED's, Sr. Zonal Manager, Zonal Manager and Regional Managers.
Ms. Nandita Mishra to return from Afghanistan
Indian Economic Service (IES) officer Ms. Nandita Mishra, who was on UN assignment to Afghanistan, will be returning to India after completion of her one year tenure.
Upgradation of posts in MoEF in a limbo
As the grapevine has it, proposal of Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) to upgrade more than 86 posts is in a limbo.
B Majumdar is Member, MAT
B Majumdar has been appointed as a Member in the Maharashtra Administrative tribunal (MAT). Mazumdar is PCCF Wildlife to Maharashtra government. He is Maharashtra cadre Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1973 batch.
DK Budki is Member Postal board
DK Budki has taken over as Member Planning in Postal Board. He is an Indian Postal Service (IPS) officer.
Rajan promoted as CPMG Orissa
On promotion to the SAG, Indian Postal Service officer K V S Rajan has been posted as Chief Post Master General ,Orissa.
Two IAS officers in offer list for central deputation from Orissa cadre
Two IAS officers, Uma Nanduri of 1993 batch and Rama Nagaraja Reddy of 1982 batch, are in the offer list for central deputation from Orissa cadre.
Two 1984 batch IPS of Kerala cadre empanelled for JS post
Two 1984 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, Vinson M Paul and Arun Kumar Sinha, have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Three 1989 batch IAS officers of Haryana cadre empanelled for JS post
As many as three 1989 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, Vivek Joshi, Rajeev Sharma and Arun Kumar, are reported to have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
CVC penalizes Branch Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd.
CVC has recommended reduction of pay by four stages in the case of M K Biswas, Branch Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd.
Seven Indian Police Officers selected for UN Mission in Sudan
As many as seven Indian Police officers have been selected for deployment with UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) for a period of one year. The deployment in the Mission area is slated to commence April 4, 2009. Those selected are DC Tirtha Acharya from BSF, Ramnish Geer of CBI, 6 Vivek Sagar of RPF, Hardeep Singh of CISF, Manish Kharbikar from Karnataka and Mrs. Ranjana Chauhan and Dinesh Kumar Yadav from Himachal Pradesh.
Committee to review agricultural statistics, examine use of remote sensing
A Committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Prof. A Vaidyanathan, eminent Agriculture Economist, by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, for improving agricultural statistics and examining the use of remote sensing applications in agricultural statistics. The committee comprises of Prof. UR Rao -Former Chairman, Space Commission, Prof SP Mukherjee - Chairman, Calcutta Statistical Association, Dr. SM Jharwal - Principal Adviser, D/o Agriculture & Cooperation, M/o Agriculture, Dr SD Sharma - Additional Director General, ICAR, New Delhi and Dr. Prem Narain - Agriculture Scientist. The committee also consists of Economic & Statistical Adviser, D/o Economics and Statistics, M/o Agriculture, Additional Director General, NSSO, FOD, M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation, Deputy Director General, National Statistical Commission , Director, State Agricultural Statistics Authority (SASA) - Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat and Adviser (ASI), Directorate of Economics and Statistics, M/o Agriculture .
Mishra joins Railway Vikas Corporation
Nisheeth Misra,IRAS, FA&CAO Central Railway, has joined as Director Finance, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation.
(We said this on 2nd March 2009 )
Ajay Chauhan is new Collector Pilipbhit
Ajay Chauhan has been posted as new Collector Pilipbhit .He is an IAS
officer of the 1998 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Prakash D will be new SP.
Mohanty named DGP of Andhra Pradesh
Election Commission has named A. K. Mohanty as new Director-General of Police of Andhra Pradesh . He is 1975 batch IPS officer.
SK Roongta to be CMD, NSC
Santosh Kumar Roongta Chief General Manager (CGM) Marketing with the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is soon going to be appointed as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the National Seeds Corporation (NSC).
RB Lal's tenure as IG Forests extended
The tenure of RB Lal as IG Forests has been extended by three months. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Manipur-Tripura (MT) cadre.
(We said this on January 14,2009).
Sumeet Jerath and Ashish Bhatia bereaved
Brij Bhushan Jerath, Retired Chief Engineer of Bhilai Steel Plant, SAIL breathed his last on March 19, 2009 in Delhi. He was the father of Sumeet Jerath, (IAS:85:Assam) Commissioner and Secretary - Co-operation Department, Government of Assam and father in Law of Ashish Bhatia (IPS:85:Gujarat), Inspector General (Law and order) Gujarat Police.
Prayer meeting in memory of Sudhir Nath
A prayer Meeting was held at chinmay mission at Delhi on Sunday in memory of Sudhir Nath. His batchmates and colleagues from the IAS as well his college friends from St. Stephens spoke moving words for the departed soul. His Son Siddharth nath, IFS also spoke in the memory of his father.
Birdi is new ADG (Law and Order) in Punjab
J.P. Birdi has been appointed as the new Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Punjab. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.
PSE staff's pay hike a certainty
Enquiries made by whispersinthecorridors.com have revealed that pay revision of Government of India (GOI) run Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) is going to be a reality.The matter has finally gone for clearance to the Election Commission of India(ECI).Since it is adjunct to the larger order that GOI hads issued last year,its a matter of time. At the most it may be delayed till May 15,2009; it is learnt.
Will Digvijay Singh ex Indian Minister contest?
Political rivalry between JDU leader Nitish Kumar (CM/Bihar) and Digvijay Singh ex Indian Minister deepens. However, Digviajay is all set to contest independently the Lok Sabha poll from seat of Banka in Bihar.
Praveen Singh appointed CVO of NHPC
Praveen Singh has been appointed CVO of the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC). He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Will Ms Nair replace Shantanu Consul ?
Grapevine has it that Secretary Drinking Water Supply Ms Santha Sheela Nair is going to replace Secretary Mining Shantanu Consul in a day or two. She is 1973 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre. Consul may go to the Drinking Water Supply Department.
RTI
Recommendation for action
Denial of admission to Schools: Multiple appeals were received by the CIC regarding action taken on complaints of denial of admission to private schools in Delhi.
The CIC noted with regret that the information given by the PIO amounts to admitting that no action has been taken by the Education department on the complaints of the non compliance of the Government order by the Schools. Taking a strict view, the CIC directed to endorse a copy of the decision to the Chief Minister with the advice that the Government may consider suitable action against those responsible for this default.
In some of the applications seeking information where no information was provided by the PIO, the CIC issued Show Cause Notice for imposition of penalty.
Comments
The RTI Act can be used to find solutions to similar problems faced by the Citizens and to force the authorities to take action.
Mrs. Anuradha Verma
Co-author of the book :- RIGHT TO INFORMATION : LAW AND PRACTICE

CORPORATE
Valecha is number two in panel of Director( Projects) Power Grid
D K Valecha is number two in the panel prepared by the PESB for the post of Director (Projects) in the Power Grid Corporation of India. He is presently ED.
R S Meena to be Director (Personnel) NHPC
R S Meena is being appointed Director (Personnel) in the NHPC in a week or two.
Anil Mehta promoted as GM in Air India
Anil Mehta has been promoted as GM in Air India. His new place of
posting is PAX, SBU, AIB, Mumbai.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
We separate till power does us unite'!!!
Separately Congress and RJD -LJP and SP karre ge election fight!!!
Laloo, Paswan and Mulayam wanted major seat share!!!!
And it's well known without Congress below average they all will fare!!
So why should Congress create monsters for itself????
Post elections if Congress gets 160 it'll be able to pick Allies from the shelf!!!
I say shelf because all these regional Parties will be on the shelf or available!!!!
Available with an attractive offer or 'price' apne aap ko karren gi label!!
Electorally leaner Laloo, Paswan and Mulayam will be easier to handle!!!
To Congress they'll be holding the candle ( subservient)!!!
Around 150 means Congress will have to be prepared for give and take!!!!
Efforts to stitch up an Alliance it'll have to make!!
BJP is living up to the deciphering of BJP as Bharatiya Jhagda Party!!!!
Second rung leaders to each other have become tarty!!!
Rajnath versus Jaitley …. Anant Kumar versus Yeddyurappa,
In BJP there is indeed a lot of infighting or 'rolla ruppa' (Punjabi for noise)!!!
And with a weak and shaky Advani things are going to get bad to worse!!!
A weak Leader at the helm is indeed a curse!!!
BJP cannot afford to do badly in Chattisgarh, MP , Karnataka and Gujarat !!!
Loosing out in any of these States would mean upper hand for 'The Haath'!!!
IPL will be held overseas and could end up being a no show!!!
Feel this year IPL will hit a low!!!
But Government has acted responsibly and put the Nation first!!!!
Though for Pawar and his lot it was like in BCCI a bomb burst!!!
Lalit Modi feels with IPL he's become a power and is unquestionable!!!
But factually he's an individual whose credibility is 'questionable'!!!
On IPL's shifting BJP's going to make a hue and cry!!!!
To try to get political mileage from a cricket crazy Nation BJP will try!!!!
But Nation knows this step is in National interest and UPA's stock will rise!!!!!
Nation will say that to the situation UPA ne kiya rise!!!!
In a Media Poll there's a sawaal… will you invite Maya to you home for dinner??
Results show today majority do not want to but what if in next Polls she is a winner!!
If then a Media Poll is done 99% would want her to come to their home for dinner!!!
People tend to change once you are a winner!!!
Maya they say is working on her PR!!!!
Public Relations and another Press Relations which also in short is PR!!!
Now in her portfolio style karr rahin hai add!!!!
Maybe very soon in Bahujan Samaj western dressing could be the new fad!!!
Maybe very soon you'll see Maya in a trendy business suit!!!
Yes I agree with you western dress nahi karre gi Maya ko suit!!
Confucius says…..one should not change one's language and dress to change!!!!
Because then chances are one would start looking and sounding strange!!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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One of the best and brightest the Service has to offer
You are right about Sudhir Nath. He was one of the best and brightest the Service has to offer. He excelled in whatever assignment entrusted to him and fulfilled his responsibilities with courage, dedication and integrity. And above all, he was extremely self-effacing and warm - a rather rare quality in a civil servant. Truly an officer and a genteleman. The LBSNAA should consider instituting an annual award in his memory, for acknowledging the most incorruptible IAS officer of the year.
P Rai
Nath was a great gun
Sudhir Nath was a great gun. I remember him with great fondness from my Defence Ministry days. He was JS HAL. One could go to him with anything. And he would have an answer. And he would be very nice about it. It is indeed shocking to know that he is no more.
Tom Jose
Principal Secretary
Govt of Kerala
Sudhir Nath - An Officer & a Gentleman
Shocking, and a tremendous loss, this untimely demise. As Principal Accountant Genera, MP, I had quite some interaction with him. I found him efficiency and courtesy personified, and one of the few officers always willing and keen to promote accountability in Administration and to set a personal example.
Surinder Pal
Officers with honesty and integrity still exist !
Many persons have made moving tributes to an officer Sudhir Nath and described him in glorious terms.
To a common man like me, it gives me great comfort that such officers of honesty and integrity do still exist in this sea of dishonesty, corruption and inefficiency that the present-day bureaucracy is perceived as by the aam admi. I wonder though, if any of his co-workers who admired him and those who read your website have it in them to emulate the example of this morally upright official.
I Khan
Most bizarre and nonsensical suggestion
The reported advice of the CVC to banks to write off bad loans in consultation with CBI must be absolutely the most bizarre and nonsensical suggestion from the any arm of Government. In the first place, Banks are subject to oversight by the RBI who has already in place its own mechanism and guidelines. CVC does not have any locus standi in the matter and is not competent or qualified to give such advice. It is not even clear whether they have the power to give such advice. It can only exercise a general check and supervision over vigilance and anti-corruption work otherwise its work is largely concerned with inquiry and investigation of already reported matters. See website http://cvc.nic.in/CVC_power.htm. They should focus on improving their own performance.
R Swami
Interesting survey
Very interesting to see this survey. It would be more useful if a table is prepared every day indicating the name of the states surveyed along with expected seats in the LS election by different parties.
Srini
A positive trend in this election
There is a very positive trend visible in the election-09 which gives me a lot of hope. With the good number of IAS officers now opting for entry into politics and elections the future for other services looks brighter since the IAS would occupy ministerial positions may be secretarial positions might be left for the second rung of bureaucracy, Amen!
GB
Maharashtra officers still keep their fingers crossed
About a couple of Months ago, this Website had reported that the process of Cadre Review of the Indian Forest Service Cadre of Maharashtra and many other States had been completed. Well, that "breaking news" was but just a hoax. Whereas States like MP and Orissa which were helped and abetted with favourable reviews, Maharashtra officers still keep twiddling their fingers, not knowing whether the heavens would be merciful or fall with a heavy thud to rub their career prospects even harder into the dust and gore of the beleaguered forests of the State!
The fact is that officers, who joined this State under the assumption that it was the best administered one, are shell shocked by the audacious hostility shown to their cadre management. Officers of 1976, 1982 and 1988 batches are still languishing at CCF, CF and DCF level even after completing 33, 27 and 21 years of service!
The State cadre is almost full to the brim with 180 officers recruited as against the cadre strength of 185. With only 112 cadre posts and very poor utilisation of Central Deputation Reserve, a large number of officers are forced to serve on non cadre posts, many of which are lower in status and responsibility to a cadre post. Even the 14 non cadre posts, created for them over a decade ago, are left untouched in the cadre review proposal. When brought to the attention of the Cadre Controlling Authority, it only shrugs its shoulders and accuses officers of being incapable of "satisfying" the State Government without elaborating HOW!
Perhaps, time has come for the Government of India to consider amending Rule 4 (2) of the IFS ( Cadre ) Rules, and add the following proviso:
4. The Central Government may, at an interval of five years or more, re-examine the strength and composition of each such cadre, as and when desired by the State Government concerned, and shall make such alterations therein as the concerned State Government deems fit.
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"Provided that it shall be the responsibility of the members of service allotted to the State / Joint Cadre to prepare and submit the proposal for alteration of strength and composition of their cadre to the State Government and to convince the State Government in all respects in this regard."
"Provided further that the State Government concerned may add for a period it deems fit, to a State or Joint Cadre one or more posts carrying duties or responsibilities of a like nature to cadre posts, and the Central Government shall abide by such decision"
It is felt that the above amendment shall go a long way in devolution of powers under the All India Services Act, 1951.
It is hoped that the Cadre Controlling Authority moves with alacrity and carries out the amendment before going ahead with the impending review of the IFS Cadre of Maharashtra so clear its conscience.
IFSA, Maharashtra Unit
Will Maneka tend the animal at home ?
Had the great animal activist Ms Maneka Gandhi taken case to tend the animal at home, instead of attending to stray cattle, lions at circus, or orphaned mynahs etc, she would not have let loose a man eater to our society.!!! Height of duplicity is practiced at home , rarely coming across in such glare and blaze of flash lights, as in this case !! Jai ho the great Indian animal activist !!!
Barad
PSU officers should hire a leader from Shiv Sena
I think the PSU officers should hire a leader from Shiv Sena and ask them to take up our issues. They will get an issue for election and whatever they protest no action can be taken by the government. If the PSU officers go by democratic way of protest, it will be termed illegal because in this country you require a police verification to become peon though no such thing is required for politicians. As such, how can you explain these people that we have to educate our children at the enhanced hiked school fees raised by the elected government at Delhi. Let's wake up now.
Sandeep Mukherjee
This is high time when some professional who has good experience in sports must be given this post. Great. One post which Sarkari king don't want.
Ghaus Mohammad
Selfish politicians vying for PM's chair
With the present selfish politicians each trying to project him as the most suitable candidate for PM chair ,they are realising little that their behaviour is being closely and repeatedly watched by the whole nation on TV channels and will cause them incalculable harm. A voter's no is like a beautiful girl telling her boy friend "I do not".
The boys career is finished ,life may or may not .
In contrast, the Congress as the biggest group in UPA is behaving as a cohesive unit with no individual aspirations for PM post and they are avoiding controversies.
The only thing where Sonia has to be careful is not to pick up candidates of dubious character as her allies .
They will act as dead weight for the party ship .
Ramesh C Malik
Indians an improvement over the British
Everytime we look at divided (or dividing ?) India, we promptly blame the British for their policy of "Divide & Rule" forgetting that Indian political class is much ahead of the British as they practice an improved version of the policy by practicing "Slice & Rule" !!!
M L Gupta