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Will BJP be single largest party on May 16,2009 in LS ?
Sources say that intelligence agencies have reportedly informed the people sitting at the helm of affairs in the Government of India (GOI) that it is going to be very difficult for them to come back to power once again. Therefore strategy for poll campaign has to be changed drastically so that the seats could get enhanced. The prospects of the Congress and its allies do not seem to be very encouraging. The figures of the poll result are likely to surprise us: BJP - 165, CONGRESS - 125, BSP - 35, SP - 25, LALU & PASWAN - 11, CPI + CPM - 40, DMK - 03. This matter has been communicated to the poll mangers to take serious action in this regard.
Arvind Jhadav to assume charge of CMD, Air India
Arvind Jhadav newly appointed Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD)National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India is going to assume his charge on May 4,2009. Jadhav is currently a Principal Secretary with his parent cadre Government of Karnataka & belongs to the 1978 batch. He succeeds E.K. Bharat Bhushan who is discharging duties of CMD Air India in place of Raghu Menon. Bharat Bhushan is Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Civil Aviation. Bhushan is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch & belongs to the Kerala cadre.
Rita Menon tipped to be Civil Aviation Secretary
As the grapevine has it Ms.Rita Menon Secretary Textiles is going to be new Secretary Civil Aviation. She is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
M.Madhavan Nambiar to be Secretary IT
As the grapevine has it M. Madhavan Nambiar who is Secretary Civil Aviation is going to be new Secretary Information Technology (IT). He is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
S.Krishnan to be Secretary Textiles
As the grapevine has it S. Krishnan who is Special Secretary Labour is going to be new Secretary Textiles. He is Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer of 1975 batch.
What is wrong with 1979 batch IAS ?
Pressures and counter pressures has again led to delay in the empanelment of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Nobody knows when the list will be finalized. Names of three IAS officers Mssrs S Ramasundaram, Ms Zohra Chatterjee and B Bhanumathi prominently came for discussion during the empanelment meeting. It is now expected that list will be finalized today.
Review of over half a dozen 1975 batch IAS officers take place
Review of over half a dozen 1975 batch IAS officers took place early this week for the empanelment to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Those who were reviewed include Mssrs Avni Vaish, A.K. Upadhyay, Susan Mathew, B.K. Sinha, S. Manoharan, Prashant Mehta, B.S. Meena, Madhur Sarangi and Rajwant Sandhu.
1975 batch IAS waiting for posting
Although 1975 batch officers have been promoted as secretaries but most of them are working as Director General in the Government of India.
IAS officer takes pre-mature retirement in West Bengal
1974 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer Ms. Mira Pande has taken pre-mature retirement. She is being tipped to be the State Election Commissioner.
Vohra to be State Vigilance Commissioner in West Bengal
Outgoing West Bengal DGP A.B. Vohra is being tipped to be State Vigilance Commissioner. He is 1972 batch retired IPS officer.
Seth to be CMD of Syndicate Bank ?
Basant Seth Dy MD of the SIDBI is being tipped to be new CMD of the Syndicate Bank.
Mahua Pal goes to Washington
Mahua Pal has been posted to Washington as Principal Director. He is 1987 batch IA & AS officer.
Surviving ICS officer of British era (4) S Vora
S Vora of Punjab cadre is one of the few surviving Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer. He belonged to 1940 batch
Mrs. Archana Tyagi to join CISF as DIG
Mrs. Archana Tyagi is all set to join CISF as DIG. She is an IPS officer of the 1993 batch & belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Did Army Chief recommend the name of CBI Chargesheeted officer?
Did Army Chief recommend the name of a CBI Chargesheeted officer for the post of DG Ordnance Services?. The post of Lt Gen rank has been lying vacant for the last one year.
Who will be new Chairman of the PESB ?
Who will succeed Naresh Narad as Chairman of the PESB? Appointment of new Chairman will only be made by the new Government.
Balwant Singh's chances are too there in Gujarat
As the grapevine has it Balwant Singh Additional Chief Secretary Home too have a chance to become the Chief Secretary of Gujarat.
Alok Kumar likely to join IB
Alok Kumar DCP Special Branch, Delhi is likely to join Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is an IPS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
IAS changes in West Bengal
Trilochan Singh will be new Principal Secretary Water Investigation. M.V. Rao has been made Secretary Animal Resources. Talleen Kumar has been posted as Secretary Labour.Principal Secretary Revenue C.M. Bachawat has been given additional charge of Excise Commissioner.
Over thirty 1976 batch IAS empanelled
Over thirty 1976 batch IAS officers are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Those who reportedly figure in the list include Mssrs R.P. Singh,R.H. Khwaja and Minnie Mathew (AP) Samirendra Chatterjee N.K. Das (Assam.Meghalaya) ,Shashi Kant Sharma P.K. Basu and A.B. Prasad (Bihar), R.S. Gujral, Anita Chaudhry (Haryana) Subramanyam Vijay Kumar and Sutanu Behuria (Himachal Pradesh) S. Sundareshan,C.K. Mathew and Sayan Chatterjee (Kerala) Ajoy Acharya, Uday Verma, Sumit Bose (MP) D.V. Singh, Shashi Prakash andA.E. Ahmad (Manipur-Tripura)Anil Kumar (Nagaland) R.C. Mishra (Orissa)A. Didar Singh (Punjab ) Rajiv Sharma and K.S. Money (Rajasthan), R. Gopalan, M. Raman (Tamil Nadu) S.M.A. Zaidi, P.K. Mishra, P. Uma Shankar, Veena Upadhyay. A.K. Mishra (Uttar Pradesh), K.S. Ramasubban (West Bengal) and Vibha Puri (Uttarakhand).
Meeting for empanelment of 1975 batch IPS on May 5
Meeting for the empanelment of 1975 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India is expected to take place on May 5.Recommendation of the five member expert group has already reached to the Government.
Rashmi Shukla Sharma to join GoI
Ms Rashmi Shukla Sharma is joining the Government of India as Member-Secretary National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. She is 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Orders of Ms. Sharma are expected to be issued in a day or two.
Chandramouli gets extension
Dr.C. Chandramouli Officer on Special Duty in the Office of the Registrar General of India & Census Commissioner has been granted extension for another three months. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Nanda Kumar gets additional charge
T. Nanda Kumar Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture will hold additional charge of the duties of the post of Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries for the period April 27, 2009 to May 10, 2009 when the regular incumbent N. Gokulram will be on leave.
Pillai gets additional charge of Ajay Shankar
G.K. Pillai Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry will hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry till May 17 when the regular incumbent Ajay Shankar will be on leave.
Nair to join CBI
P.M. Nair presently IG, CRPF has been appointed as Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on lateral shift basis. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on April 16,2009)
S. Javeed Ahmad is now JD CBI
S. Javeed Ahmad has been appointed Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Malay Mishra is High Commissioner of Commonwealth of Dominica
Malay Mishra presently High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Commonwealth of Dominica with residence in Port of Spain.
Delhi police lodges a complaint
Delhi Police has made a written commitment in the Parliament that they will appoint the staff from all the states keeping in view of the metropolitan status of the Delhi being the capital of India. But they themselves are flouting this commitment and selecting the officers/staff from only the neighbouring States/NCR.
Days of top cop in Delhi numbered
The hot buzz in the corridors of Police Headquarter of Delhi is that the head of the Delhi Police will be the first IPS officer to be removed from the Delhi Police after the new government is formed at the Centre. This is only a matter of days.
Atanu Sen chosen as CGM, SBI
Atanu Sen who so far was a General Manager SBI has been selected for elevation as Chief General Manager (CGM).
Post of 2 Directors, ECIL to be advertised
PSEB is going to advertise the vacant posts of Director (Technical) and Director (Personnel) of Electronic Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) soon.
Snehlata Srivastava gets additional charge in MP
Principal Secretary School Education in Madhya Pradesh Snehlata Srivastava has been given additional charge of Chairman MP Board of Secondary Education. She is 1982 batch IAS officer.
IPS changes in Jharkhand
Palamu DIG Nandu Prasad and SP Latehar Hemant Toppo have been changes. Shashi Nath Jha will be new DIG Palamu and Kuldip Dwivedi new SP of Latehar.
Mrs. Hardeep Srivastava shifted to CCIT-XII Mumbai
Mrs.Hardeep Srivastava CCIT -III Chennai has been transferred as
CCIT-XII Mumbai. She is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the
1974 batch.
Rajiv Sinha promoted as Jt CIT
Rajiv Sinha has been promoted from Assistant Commissioner of Income
Tax to Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (JCIT) & posted in the region
of CCIT(CCA) Bihar. he is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of
the 1988 batch.
Four Regular ACITs
Four ACITs have been assigned regular postings. They are A Ananda
Kumar Tamil Nadu to Kerala, Tushar K. Chowdhury West Bengal, Sujeet
Ghosh & Quazi Kaushik both from West Bengal to Bihar.
M.K.Narayanan tipped to be a Governor
As the grapevine has it in the corridors of power it is being said that M. K. Narayanan NSA is likely to be appointed as Governor in any of the states. This is going to be done because the Congress is skeptical about getting very good results at the hustings.
Ms.Manjari Jaruhar is now ADG/CISF
Ms.Manjari Jaruhar, IPS (JHK: 1976) who on being promoted as Additional Director General (ADG) in CISF was looking after the charge of IG/PERS in addition to her own duties is now looking after her duties as ADG, CISF.
S.B.Singh is IG/PERS in CISF
S.B.Singh (IPS, NL 1986 cadre) after joining CISF has now started discharging his duties as IG/PERS.

CORPORATE
Yash Khanna resigns from Star TV
Yash Khanna has reportedly resigned from Star TV. Khanna has served Star TV for about two decades; he was Executive Vice President, Corporate Communication.
P. Subramanian joins O&M
P. Subramanian who so far was Branch Head with Interface Communications Chennai has joined O&M as Head of Client Servicing, Chennai
Ajay Vidyasagar tipped to be CEO Sun TV
As the grapevine has it Ajay Vidyasagar, who had quit STAR India as President is likely to join Sun TV as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Kaku Nakhate is appointed Vice-Chairperson, J P Morgan
Kaku Nakhate has been appointed as Vice-Chairperson for J P Morgan (financial services) operations in India operations.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Advani's suggestion that Parliament and Assemblies should have a fixed term is right!!!
This is because for a five year term elections they fight!!!!
What about our mandate that is being time and again subverted!!!
This issue why has Advani very conveniently skirted????
Pre-poll Alliances should be frozen for the term these Alliances are elected!!!!
This post election circus of MPs doing trapeze acts needs to be corrected!!!
And holding elections on a fixed date is also right!!!!
On the weather this time EC lost sight!!!!
This would bring in an element of certainty and stop the post poll trapeze acts!!!!
They'll have to freeze for five years their Alliance pacts!!!
Post this election just imagine the trapeze acts that are to come!!!!
Doctorates in such acts are held by some!!!
Yes Antony is also one Congressman who Sonia can bank upon!!!!
You can say ' the Queen takes him to be a totally subservient Pawn'!!!
But Antony just does not have the personality and does not match Mohna's ability!!!!
In fact there is no one in Congress who can match Mohna's capability!!!
Sonia would not have minded Shivraj for PM's post!!!!
But Shivraj has proved beyond doubt he's incapable or slang 'he's toast'!!!
Pranab Da is a wily one and Sonia knows this and then 'Pranab Da has a past'!!!
Pranab Da's past still leaves Sonia and her cutlery aghast!!!
Sonia will be faced with this quandary if UPA needs Commie support!!!!
Commies have made it clear that from 7 RCR Mohna they will deport!!!
Imagine India could face another term of Commies calling the shots!!!
Remember Communism thrives as a Country or a State rots!!!
In WB Communism would not have thrived it progress set in!!!
That is why for Communism progress is a sin!!!
For them it's ideal when people are filthy poor and fight for everyday survival!!!
That is why Commies don't like words like progress, upliftment and revival!!!
Really CBI letting Q off shows Sonia's naivety!!!!
If you ask me she literally 'defied gravity'!!!
The act and timing both are 'gravity defying'!!!!
Result: the Bofors scandal red flag is again flying!!!
Bhardwaj says Bofors matter se Public ho gayi hai tire!!!
I'm more majority of Indians will respond with 'liar'!!!!
CBI has informed the Court that on Q it will need some time to mull!!
Till election result is out CBI's plugging for a lull!
Jethmalani Junior in Mumbai makes it sound as if we've got the Swiss stashed money!
From a Lawyer of repute this sounds very funny!!!
But then like Papa like son…. both have the same streak!!!!
Sometimes they tend not to take a reality check when they speak!!!
Its like boy and girl agree to marry and a maternity home room is booked!!!!
This is what Mahesh's statement that this money will fund grandiose projects looked!!!
Congress is paying the price for high prices despite falling inflation!!!!
BJP to some extent has been able to sell that this was Congress's creation!!!
Congress took this a non issue as they felt inflation had practically hit zero!!!
Fact is as inflation burned us Mohna strummed the Deal Harp like Nero!!!!
Prices are still high!!!
And Government was helpless line of this was global Public nahi karr rahi hai buy!!!
Deal is good but Congress could have looked at galloping inflation!!!!
And to some extent inflation was because of faulty policies Sarkaar's creation!!!
Confucius says..... when it comes to paapi stomach memory can never be shortlived!!!!
After all Aam Aadmi feels the high price pinch and in galoping inflation he's lived!!!!
Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
Dear Desh Deepak ji,
Presuming you to be an IAS officer, I have only one request to you that if you are so considerate with CSS officers, what prevents you from taking up the cause of IPS officers. Police has no say in framing of laws to which they are supposed to implement,. No Review of plethoras of laws is done after geeting feedbacks from law-enforcement agencies. They have no say in important ministries such as home, law, social justice, finance, personnel etc. where all these laws are drafted and vetted. You find every tom dick and harry but not an IPS officer in ministry. How can we bridge the gap if these field officers do not have any experience of functioning of ministries. If IPS officers do not understand the nuisances of functioning, they will only crib and criticise. If country has to prosper, both these services have to work together rather than looking for opportunities to pull down each other. At the end of the day, this combine (IAS-IPS) can only win the war with mutual trust and comraderie. Hope all in positions take note of this.
Arun
Travails of an Unsung Seema Prahari (FEEDBACK)
I don't agree with the views/grievances of the anonymous "Prahari" as narrated in WIC 30-04-09. He appears to be from Officer (Group-A) side. I have had long tenures in dealing with career progression of CPMFs officers. The dissatisfaction reflected by the author is in no way sustainable. An officer joins at Asstt Comdt level after simple graduation, gets Senior Time Scale after four years, gets promotion as Dy Comdt after six years, as 2nd-in-Command after 11 years and as Commandant after 15-16 years. He becomes eligible for promotion as DIG after 20 years of service and then as IG after 24 years of service, although the promotions from DIG & above are subject to availability of vacancies in promotion quota. While such officers have severe allergy from IPS officers being appointed at higher levels or Medical Officers (with MBBS degree) being given time scale promotions, they never bother to take promotional care of their subordinate Constabulary, which comprises more than 90% of each Force and is real back bone of every Force. Whilst, an officer gets 4 promotions in around 15 years of service, a Constable does not get a single promotion even after putting in 20 years of hard service. These officers always get various incentives/perks from the Government in the name of hard duties actually being performed by poor Constables/Head Constables, but there is really none to hear their voice, which is, if raised, is suppressed at grass-foot level itself. This is the main cause of day-to-day incidents of suicides/shoot-out on superior officers by the troops. It is my humble request to the concerned authorities to do needful, whatsoever they can do at their best, for welfare/ promotional care of poor troops.
Pawan Kumar
Government babus are for revolt
Govt. Babus are trying to prepare a pitch for big revolt by PSU employees by debarring them from their right of genuine compensation due as pay revision from Jan 1, 2007.They are restricting profit earning organizations to not compensate employees to create frustration among them which will promote the drain of talent towards private companies paying heavy ransom for creating worse situation. The nexus of IAS, politicians and private companies is dangerous for Indian strong economy. They are least bother to the nation than their Swiss Bank A/C.
As they are creating the situation within 6 months a joint forum will call for revolt and the whole country will be in trouble. But what we can do is to protest? We can't be the watcher .
Man Singh
Why audit is viewed as impediment?
I fail to understand why the audit is viewed as an impediment for the Commonwealth Games. There are far greater legal and implementation hurdles which a good audit will be able to improve upon. The audit bogey does not exist except for those who do not believe in accountability in governance.
A Concerned Citizen
Cant we dismantle DG (Audit) ?
Can't we dismantle DG(Audit) to increse the effciency? Audit act as impediment to decision making process. India needs fast growth and decisions and not obstacle like created by audit, which is full of negative mindset and artficial target.BJP govt initiated this process in CAG conf, let us seewhat they do , if they are back inpower.
S. Kumar
Main issue is interpretation
The main issue at stake is not interpretation, inference and framing of rules. It is the envy, which exists amongst the various services, that is the main cause. If some sort of morality is brought in the Government like stoppage of all kinds of misuse of office perks & facilities, telephones and personal staff (posted in excess against the entilement), people become sincere towards their duty and the Ministers/High level official shed their fedalistic tendencies (which exists even after 60 years of independence); then only things will start looking brighter and there will be no cause for cribbing.
Anurag Srivastava
Tail-piece
Just for fun: Recession Updates
1. Ali Baba and the forty thieves are now Ali Baba and the thirty thieves.
Ten were laid off
2. Batman and Robin are now Batman and Pedro.
Batman fired Robin and hired Pedro because Pedro was willing to work twice the hours at the same rate
3. Iron man now "air-pooling" with Superman to save fuel costs.
4. Women finally marrying for love, and not money
5. Q: With the current market turmoil, what's the easiest way to make a small fortune?
A: Start off with a large one.
6. The credit crunch is getting bad isn't it?
I mean, I let my brother borrow $10 a couple of weeks back, it turns out I'm now America's third biggest lender.
7. Q: Why have Dubai real estate agents stopped looking out of the window in the morning?
A: Because otherwise they'd have nothing to do in the afternoon.
8. Q: What's the difference between an American and a Zimbabwean?
A: In a few weeks, nothing.
9. Dow Jones is re-branded as "Down Jones".
10. Quote from a Wall Street banker:
This is worse than divorce. I've lost half of my assets and I still have my wife…!!!!
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