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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 …………
(13) BIHAR - Total seats 40
JD (U) 14
RJD 12
BJP 5
LJNS 5
Ind & others- 4
Arup Roy Choudhury CMD,NBCC elected SCOPE chief (UPDATED)
Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NBCC, the
largest construction CPSU and a Schedule ‘A’ Company, has been elected
as the Chairman of SCOPE Executive Board, an apex body representing
Public Sector Enterprises of the Government of India. Roy Choudhury
had earlier served as Vice Chairman of the Board and prior to that as
Member also for consecutive two terms. During his holding office as
Member and as Vice Chairman, Roy Choudhury made significant
contribution towards making SCOPE, a more vibrant entity looking after
the interests of the member PSUs. The term of the Executive Board of
SCOPE is for two years beginning from the April 1, 2009 and the newly
elected body shall be in office upto March 31 , 2011.
Madhukar Gupta to continue till further orders ?
Latest whisper says that Madhukar Gupta is going to continue as Home Secretary till further orders beyond March 31.Final word from the Government is expected in a day or two.
Empanelment of 1979 batch only in April
Now it is certain that empanelment of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India will take place in April after the appointment of new Home Secretary. Secretary Personnel is also on leave.
Santha Sheela Nair takes over as new Secretary Mines
Ms Santha Sheela Nair has taken ove as Secretary Mining in place of Shantanu Consul on Wednesday. She is 1973 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
( We said this on March 24)
IAS quota raised
Government of India is going to recruit 120 IAS officers next year.
Appointment of DG,RBI delayed
As the grapevine has it the file regarding appointment of an incumbent for the post of Deputy Governor(DG), Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has been cleared by the Finance Minister.
Process for promoting 12 GMs as EDs in banks commences
Process for promotion of 12 General Managers (GMs) in different Public
Sector banks as Executive Directors (EDs) has commenced.
Is Centre dithering on revised pay to staff in PSEs?
Is the Central Government dithering to give revised pay scale as 6th pay panel report or not? Answer to this question is "yes" if one takes into account the tardy progress that the related file is making in terms of processing.
Ahmed promoted as CPMG Himachal Pradesh
On promotion to the SAG, Indian Postal Service officer Humera Ahmed has been posted as Chief Post Master General, Himachal Pradesh.
Three IAS officers in offer list for central deputation from Tamil Nadu cadre
Three IAS officers, Leena Nair of 1982 batch, N Muruganandam of 1991 batch and A Chittaranjan Mohandoss of 1995 batch, are in the offer list for central deputation from Tamil Nadu cadre.
Manipur Tripura cadre 1984 batch IPS empanelled for JS post
1984 batch IPS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre, Santosh Macherla, has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Ms. Prakrati Shrivastava to be AIG Forests
Ms. Prakrati Shrivastava, a 1990 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the Kerala cadre, has been appointed as AIG in the Indian Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF).
(We said this on March 16, 2009)
Jawaid Akhtar of 1989 batch empanelled for JS post
1989 batch IAS officer Jawaid Akhtar of Karnataka cadre is reported to have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
9 Pvt terminals at different ports on the anvil
As many as nine private terminals, for which private players have evinced a keen interest, at different ports of India are on the anvil.
Vice Chiefs for BPT & CPT to be chosen
Vice Chiefs of Bombay Port Trust (BPT), Bombay & Cochin Port Trust (CPT), Cochin will be chosen on April 13,2009.
Kins at senior positions in LIC
As many as three family relatives are on senior positions in the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). They are: Thomas Mathew Managing Director (MD), Thankam Mathew Executive Director (ED) & Ms. Philomina Thomas Principal Zonal training Centre, Gurgaon. She is in the Executive Director (ED) cadre.
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary's Advisor not yet finalised
Advisor to Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary is yet to be finalised.
3 contenders for Advisor to Meghalaya Governor
As the grapevine has it, there are three contenders for the post of advisor to Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary . They are: P Beizely ex Chief Secretary Meghalaya, JP Singh and Tiwari. Of them first one has fairly bright chances.
Justice Thakur in SMVDSB
Justice Tirath Singh Thakur Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been nominated as Member of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB),
Yogender Chaudhry IRS officer bags award
Yogender Chaudhry, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1989 Batch, has received prestigious award given by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Foundation www.sardarpatelfoundation.org. This has been awarded to him in recognition of his achievement in the field of youth development in rural and tribal areas of the country by their education and empowerment, while working as Executive Director of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, from January 2004 to 2007.
SPS Bakshi is new CMD, EPI
SPS Bakshi who was earlier Executive Director (ED) Projects with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has assumed charge as new Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the Engineering Projects India (EPI) Ltd., Delhi. Earlier he was posted in Kolkata.
(We said this on October 21,2008)
Gujarat bureaucrats sing to Modi's tunes
As the grapevine has it bureaucrats in Gujarat without any hitch sing to tunes of Narendra Modi Gujarat Chief Minister.
NSG to have four hubs
As the grapevine has it the Government of India (GOI) has belatedly expedited the process to set up four hubs for the elite security force of NSG. It envisages setting up of four hubs.
Guha is back to ISS cadre
ISS officer D Guha is back from CAG office from deputation to the parent cadre. He has been posted to the National Accounts Division.
Sonia Gandhi & truck witl TMC
It is being whispered in the political corridors that Congress president Ms.Sonia Gandhi is trying to convince her party colleagues
about an inevitability of joining hands with Trina Mul Congress (TMC) to keep the Left at bay.
What will be the impact of Congress & TMC joining hands?
Even if Congress and Trina Mul Congress (TMC) join the bridge, relations between Ms.Deepa Das Munshi & Mamta Banarjee will still remain strained.
BJP is a divided house.
BJP is divided into two opinion groups on Varun Gandhi issue. While Rajnath Singh coterie is bent upon exploiting the issue for electoral gains, L.K.Advani and his supporters are insisting on political morality.
Relation between RSS & BJP still soured?
L.K.Advani congratulated Mohan Bhagwat for being crowned as RSS chief. However, Bhagwat was responsible for dethroning L.K.Advani from thepost of Sangh Pramukh on the controversial Jinah issue. A mild undercurrent of personal clash is known to be running between the two veterans since long.
Defence Ministry to assess things in J & K
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reportedly instructed Ministry of Defence (MOD) to take stock of border situation in Jammu &Kashmir and expedite military pressure to foil the nefarious designs of intruders from across the border.
Journalist gets fellowship
Delhi Journalist Abhinav Garg has bagged Charles Wallace trust fellowship in Journalism at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural studies at Cardiff University in UK. Duration of this fully paid fellowship will be for 3 months.
Arun Kumar promoted as CCIT
Arun Kumar who so far was Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) onpromotion has been posted as Chief CIT(CCIT)-II Pune. He is an IndianRevenue Service(IRS) officer of the 1975 batch.
Revised pay to staff in PSEs to be a far cry
Contrary to common belief revised pay to staff in PSEs will be a far
cry. Even after clearance by the Government of India (GOI) on this
issue c concerning PE will have to seek approval from their
Ministries. Thus, it's going to be a long drawn process unless some
kind of "E-mail" speed & not post haste speed is maintained.
Deputation tenure of Bhatnagar extended
Anurag Bhatnagar, IAS (AM:76), as Deputation tenure of Director General, National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (Joint Secretary level) Anurag Bhatnagar has been extended till April 30,2010. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
EC orders change of Goa Chief Secretary
Election Commission has ordered the change of Goa Chief Secretary Anand Prakash. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
A K Singh Joins as Member PESB
Former Secretary Textiles A K Singh has joined as Member of the PESB on Thursday. He is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Faizi A Hashmi is PS to Ms.Kiran Walia
Faizi A. Hashmi who so far was Deputy Commissioner (DC) New Delhi has
been posted as private secretary (PS) to Ms.Kiran Walia Health
Minister with the Delhi Government. He is a DANCS officer of the 1985
batch.
D.K.Mishra is new DC ,New Delhi
D.K.Mishra is new Deputy Commissioner DC ,New Delhi.He is a DANCS
officer of the 1983 batch.

CORPORATE
J Ramachandran promoted as GM in Air India
J Ramachandran has been promoted as GM in Indian. His new place of posting is PAX, SBU, Southern Region.
Ms.Heather Gupta to head Bindass group
UTV has promoted Ms. Heather Gupta as the channel head of its youth entertainment channel Bindass. Hitherto she was Vice President (VP) Human Resource (HR).
Ajay Naqvi joins Rediffusion-Y&R
Ajay Naqvi has reportedly joined Rediffusion-Y&R as country head.
Kunal Bajaj is Director sales, CNN
Kunal Bajaj who so far was Senior Accounts Manager CNN International has been promoted as Director-sales.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
In the olden days they would have wrestled and settled the matter!!!
But today with words karr rahe hai each other ko tatter!!
Advani says Mohna is weak!!!
Mohna says Advani has no achievement to his name and marvels at his cheek!!!!
Mohna Ji there is no doubt that Sonia runs the show!!
And Advani Ji your 'no show' all do know!!!
Well hope they get over these personal attacks and come to matters that matter!
We are now sick of this useless pitter-patter!!!
Advani sadly has made things personal …….don't know why????
He should know such talk no one does buy!!!
As per Congress 1984 riots are old and Nation needs to move on!!
Well ask this question to a Father in front of whom they've literally fried his son!!!
Without a doubt Congress has aided those responsible for this genocide!!!
Those who have aided and abetted riots have walked scot free as Congress is on their side!
Justice has been denied!!!!
Humaneness has been defied!!!
Mr. Pawar if Congress will need crutches NCP will need to be carried!!!!
And of late Pawar has realized this and so he looks so harried!!!
Amar Singh on the other hand is trying to kick start a Bollywood career!!!!
Many say Amar Singh ka lagh gaya hai reverse gear!!!!
Maya this time is going to make SP see stars during the day!!!!
And Mulayam will offer the few MPs SP gets to Congress and in Delhi he'll stay!!!
Amar is not attacking Congress despite his statement that Congress has turned its back??
Don't you feel its odd that Amar nahi karr raha hai Congress ko attack!!!
Pramod Mahajan's family is hopping mad!!!
They say Ram has forgotten Laxman's family and that is bad!!!!
Well the family has given BJP enough pain!!!
Mahajan's family's clout is BJP is on the wane!!!
Nano's will in the near future be zipping around!!!!
On the road with every passing month more and more Nanos will be found!!!
But Government should not allow Tata's to produce diesel Nanos!!!!
Diesel Nanos would increase many fold the Diesel outflows!!!
Confucius says…… Its a City and not a highway car!!!
So on producing Diesel Nano Sarkaar should put a bar!!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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He was a suave young boy then
Sudhir Nath, son of Devendra Nath collector of Bastar in M.P., worked under me as PO in TT Nagar Branch of SBI before joining IAS. He stayed with me for a week in my quarters in 1464 Bhopal. He was a suave young boy with lot of ambition to get into IFS. He was friendly with Pachouri and other IAS officers in Bhopal. He was simple and wanted to establish himself in Administrative service after his father who belonged to Nehru era. May his soul rest in peace.
Venkat
Sudhir Nath's qualities be taken as the Benchmark
I have prepared a compilation of all comments related to him since 18.3.09 (when you reported on his demise) till 24.3.09. (attached). Reading about him from different writers, I think every officer in Government must be judged and ranked by comparing him/her with this officer whose qualities should be taken as the Benchmark.
I Khan
Please highlight sufferings of serving and retired defence officers also
It is really amazing that your site has never published anything about sufferings of serving and retired defence officers due to injustice meted out to them by cunning and conspiring IAS officers and corrupt politicians in sixth pay commission.
Vicky
One of the finest officer
Ashok Lavasa is one of the finest officers that the country can have and be proud of!
Atul Khanna
It is an eyewash for UDCs of Central Secretariat
It is time for not to vote in favour of Congress and UPA by Government servants. I will like to point out following decision taken by congress government and UPA which is curse for UDCs of CSCS. In New Delhi constituency we will vote against this government who could not solve our long demands for amendment in recruitment rule of CSS. It is totally eyewash for UDCs of Central Secretariat. Once again we raise our voice at following points;-
i) Previous ratio i.e. 50% DR Assistant and 50% UDCs of Central Secretariat for promotion in the grade of Assistant till 2009.
ii) CSS Rule, 2009 should be applicable only from 2010 with correction that 50% DR Assistant and 25% Seats for Departmental Examination & 25% seats for select quota, it is ideal position.
Ministry of Personnel & Training should consider the above mentioned points and Prime Minister should direct to Secretary for application of above mentioned rule in Secretariat service so that UDCs of Central Secretariat also get promotion in Assistant Grade.
Prabhakar
How can we have an opaque system in the judiciary ?
Regarding disclosures of assets, the judiciary feels it should not be asked to disclose their assets since there could be abuse of the same. MPs/ MLAs and Ministers may also feel the same way but they have to disclose their assets. Judges are equally servants of the constitution and the people. We can not have an opaque system in the judiciary and a transparent system for the legislature in the name of judicial independence. What is good for the goose is equally good for the gander.
Arjun Malik
Jaitley has not done anything anti-party
Sorry, Bharat Kumarji, I can't appreciate your anti-Jaitley tirade. Standing firm on a principle is not 'jhagda'. Sudhangsu Mittal is the Amar Singh of BJP, and I do not know why Rajnath Singh is so fond of him. Jaitley has not done anything anti-party. He has only done justice to his clean image. When he was appointed head of election campaign, then why Mittal was inducted without consulting him?
D Mukhopadhyay
Varsity teachers yet to get revised pay scales
More than six lakh university and college teachers of the country are yet to get the new salary package though the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry notified the salary revision in December last year and announced it in Parliament. The delay in implementing the new pay scales was due to the fact that the University Grant Commission(UGC) was still awaiting the HRD Ministry's formal nod for fixation of salaries in different pay bands for the university and college teachers as per fitments of the Central Pay Commission, sources said here on Sunday. They also said the Ministry also sent a note to the UGC informing that the new salary formulae should not be notified without the clearance of the Ministry. Incidentally, the December 31 notification was issued after Cabinet approval and was declared in the Lok Sabha. And by the end of this month, according to the original notification, the teachers should have got their 40 per cent arrears! But nothing has moved. Peeved over the delay in implementation of the new pay scales, leaders of several teachers' associations and unions charged that HRD Minister Arjun Singh was not allowing the implementation of the Cabinet-approved notification to settle political scores. "He is making teachers victims and is not willing to implement pay revision of the teachers,'' said an academician.
Sources said that the UGC top officials, who met the FEDCUTA and AIFUCTO representatives on January 6, 2009, on the pay revision issue, had assured that the fixation formulas would be notified immediately. But as it turned out till date, after more than two-and-a-half months, the UGC has failed to notify the fixation formulas.
They said as the matter stands now after the UGC had submitted the fixation tables to the HRD Ministry it forwarded them again to the Expenditure Department, Ministry of Finance. This action of the HRD Ministry was ultra-virus as the December 31, 2008 notification had clearly stated that the fixation has to be done as per the Central Pay Commission fixation tables, sources said. The Expenditure Department went a step further and rejected the pay fixation tables submitted by the HRD Ministry and the files were now shuttling between the two ministries for a long time.
When contacted, IGNOU Teachers' Association president Prof Kapil Kumar accused HRD Minister Arjun Singh of settling his scores with the Congress high command by indulging in these delaying tactics as non-payment of revised salary and arrears as per the fixation tables of the CPC had already created an uproar amongst the teaching community throughout the country.
Professor Kumar said "This is the best way to embarrass the Congress and defame the party amongst the teachers for non-implementation of the pay package given to them before the elections and to score a political point.":
Similar voices have been raised by many others in the teaching community and a senior professor from Delhi University stated that "Arjun Singh has been too busy in fixing his favourites on various positions rather than getting the pay package of the teachers implemented."
Samir Bose
Who is to be blamed? Not the election commission atleast
To some extent the official work no doubt suffers, but so to say not in all respects. The model code of conduct has come to effect from early part of this month, but what the Ministries and Departments were doing before that? For instance, since last nine months Central Government employees of Kashmir Valley are not getting their due Special Concessions/packages etc. in absence of an extension order from Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi. On this several representations addressing all the higher ups of the Government of India were sent, but to have no effect. Now who is to be blamed? I think it is not election commission.
Tapan Kumar Banerjee
SP has two grahas
SP is the only party to have two grahas Mulayam and Amar!!!
Shekhar
BSP's graph is declining
The hope of BSP to get 55 seats might not be true as it is not based on seat calculation of performance of Vidhan Sabha. We hope BSP may get 25 seats as the graph is declining. The BSP is cheating its strong supporter such as SCs/STs and OBCs as it is playing Brahmin card in UP.
Jagdish