This website seems to promote the "fan-club of congress" and there too it sings paens of praise for the Nehru-Gandhi family. Also it only talks about IAS in bureaucracy as if, they are the Gods...not for any other service...and has no time at all for the woes of central public sector employees. It only sometimes cares for the private sector; for ,they hold the purse strings. Should this website not change its behaviour , for greater acceptability? Otherwise why people other than IAS should come to this site ?
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Rahul Sarin to be Secretary of a Tribunal

Secretary Personnel Rahul Sarin is all set to join Settlement Commission Appellate Tribunal as Secretary. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Christy Fernandes to be much sought after bureaucrat

Come May 16, 2009 noon and it will be Christy Leon Fernandes, Secretary to President Mrs. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, who is going to be the much sought after bureaucrat in the country. He is a 1973 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Ashok Chawla appointed Secretary Finance

Ashok Chawla, presently Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has been appointed as Finance Secretary. He has also been given additional charge of the Department of Financial Services since May 1, 2009. Chawla belongs to 1973 batch of IAS (Gujarat Cadre). He has been Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs since September, 2008 and has also worked as Additional Secretary, DEA, from April, 2005 to January, 2007. Prior to joining as Secretary, DEA, Chawla was Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation from February, 2007 to September, 2008.

Neela Gangadharan to be CS of Kerala ?

Ms Neela Gangadharan is likely to be appointed new Chief Secretary of Kerala after the retirement of K J Mathew on May 31. She is 1975 batch IAS officer.

Ms Leena Nair to join GoI
Ms. Leena Nair is joining the Government of India as Chairman, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Kochi, Kerala . She is 1982 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre. Orders to this effect have reached to the TamilNadu Government.

BJP gets stronger day by day

Though War Rooms are functioning at different places of National Parties to critically examine and make strategies for elections, to feed the media; as per latest media assessment, the BJP worriers will have ultimate smile for their successful strategies. Nitish Kumar with 30 MPs, Mayawati with 30 and Jayalalita with 32 MPs will support BJP.

Saha is Additional Secretary (Conferences) in MEA

Rajat Saha has taken over as Additional Secretary (Conferences) in MEA. He is 1977 batch IFS officer.

Anil Goswami empanelled

Anil Goswami is reported to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India during the last review meeting. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Rakesh Mohan has not resigned ?

Grapevine has it that RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan has not resigned. He is only going on a teaching assignment.

247 CITs seek a change

As many as 247 CITs have sought a change this year.

Six contenders for the post of DG Forests

As many as six contenders are there for the slot of Director General (DG) Forests. They belong to the 1973 & 1974 batches. Main among them are: B Majumdar (Maharashtra), M B Lal, Dilip Kumar (both from Karnataka), A K Verma, S P Mohanty (Orissa) & Raj Dahima.

Justice Pasayat to head Competition Appellate Tribunal

Outgoing Judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice Justice Arijit Pasayat is being appointed Chairman of the Competition Appellate Tribunal.

R.P. Khilnani's name cleared by Mahrashtra

As the grapevine has it, the Maharashtra Government has cleared its ADG rank IPS officer R.P. Khilnani's name for central deputation to Government of India (GOI). Khilnani belongs to the 1977 batch.

IAS reshuffle in HP unlikely

As the grapevine has it, there is going to be no reshuffle of IAS officers in Himachal Pradesh (HP) after the Lok Sabha polls. If at all it takes place, it's going to be very minor.

RG's brigade has many faceless volunteers

What meets the eyes is not true in case of number of Rahul Gandhi loyalists. He is popular as "RG" among his camp followers. Many RG brigade nominees figure in the list of contestants for the 15th Lok Sabha polls for which 5th & last lap of voting is going to take place on May 13, 2009. However, number of those incumbents is higher than those who are in the poll arena. There are many members of the "RG-Brigade" who have preferred to work @ grassroots.

Gupta to join Railway Board

Jagmohan Gupta (IRAS 1987 Batch), known as DOPT guy, is joining Railway Board as Executive Director Finance soon. He is currently Financial Advisor at Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala.

Three DG posts vacant in CRPF

Atleast three posts of special DGs are lying vacant in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

R P Singh empanelled
Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) official R. P. Singh has reportedly been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.. He is 1979 batch official.

Keshari gets new assignment in Power Ministry

Joint Secretary in the Power Ministry I C P Keshari has been assigned new job of Thermal,I P P, Ultra Mega Power Projects and Damodar Valley Corporation . He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

AWK Langstieh promoted and posted in Mumbai

1982 batch IA&AS officer AWK Langstieh has been promoted and posted as Director General of Audit, Central, Mumbai.
Surviving IP Officer of 1942 batch (3) E S Modak ES Modak is the surviving Indian Police Officer of 1942 batch

Eight Punjab cadre IPS officers empanelled for DIG level post

As many as Eight Punjab cadre IPS officers of 1994 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India. Among those empanelled are Sudhanshu Shekhar Srivastava, Mrs. Anita Punj, Amardeep Singh Rai, Ram Singh, Dr Naresh Kumar, B Chandra Shekhar, Parveen Kumar Sinha and Mrs. Neeraja Voruvuru .

Candidates selected for post graduate programme in public policy and management

As many as 30 candidates have been selected for the post graduate programme in public policy and management for the year 2009-2011. Those selected include Prateek Motilal Rathi, Dinesh Sharma, Asvini Kumar Yadav, Mukesh Lal, Jyotsna Sitling, Sibendu Moharana, Debjyoti Roychowdhury, K Manohar Raja, Lopaudra Mohanty, Vipin Kumar, Anish Kumar, Jitendra Khare, Supriya Devasthali, Prakash Chandra Maithani, Gawali Sudam Ramakrishna, Neelima Rebecca Philips, Natarajan G, PM Saravanan, MA Saleem, Devendra Dutta Mishra, Arpita Khare, Laiit Mohan Sanwal, YGSC Kishore Babu, TV Venkatram, Sandhya Singh, Laxman Singh Ropia, Palamala Radhika, Samundra Singh, Gupta Chandra Bidika and Pawan Kumar Kalanwal.

Ramachandran Krishnamurthy goes to SBI, National Banking Group, Mumbai
Ramachandran Krishnamurthy, General Manager, SBI Global Markets Unit, Kolkata, has been sent as General Manager (Banking Operations), National Banking Group, Mumbai.

CSS officer with one year service will not come under rotational transfer policy

If the CSS officer has one year of service to retire, he will not come under the rotational transfer policy and on promotion, if any, he will be adjusted within the same Ministry/Department.
PM in waiting deploys his team for post poll pact

Prime Minister in waiting Lal Krishna Advani has deployed his team of trusted members to liaison with NDA constituents & prospective partners for post poll alliance.

Ms. Sushma Swaraj to talk with Orissa CM
Ms Sushma Swaraj, former Minister, has been deputed to talk with Naveen Patnayak Orissa Chief Minister because she has good relationship with Patnayak.

Jaswant Singh & Kulkarni to approach TMC
Former Minister Jaswant Singh & Sudheendra Kulkarni have been given the responsibility of talking to Trina Mool Congress(TMC) leader Ms. Mamata Banerjee.

Ravi Shankar Prasad and Jaswant Singh to talk with Jayalalitha

Former Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Jaswant Singh are going to Chennai to hold parleys with AIDMK chief Ms. J. Jayalalitha. Ravi Shankar Prasad is ex-advocate of Ms. Jayalalitha.

Venkaiah Naidu to approach TDP

Former BJP president Venkaiah Naidu will approach TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu. Moreover, L.K. Advani is also liaising with Chandrababu Naidu.

Advani in touch with Ms.Mayawati

In order to discuss with BSP Chief & Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms.Mayawati, Prime Minister in waiting Lal Krishna Advani himself took command with the help of former Minister Arun Jaitley. It is a well known thing that Jaitley has good relation with Ms.Mayawati's loyalist Satish Chand Mishra.
Ms Sood to go on deputation to RCIL
Ms. Prerna Sood, SAG/IRAS/NCR, has been selected for deputation to RailTel Corporation of India (RCIL) .
Prabhakar posted to Kharagpur
D L N Prabhakar, AMM/Clothing/SER/KGP, has been transferred and posted as AMM/Workshop/SER/Kharagpur Vice S S Yadav, who is now posted as AMM/Electrical/SER/Kharagpur.

TOP TEN OF NARENDRA MODI

1 Gautam Adani
2 Amit Shah

3 Anandi Ben
4 A K Sharma, PS

5 O P Singh, PA

6 Parimal Nathwani

7 Girish Dani

8 Dilip Sanghani, Agriculture Minister

9 Rajat Sharma

10 K Kailashnathan, Principal Secretary to CM

Empanelment of 1975 batch IPS takes place
Finally empanelment of 1975 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India has taken place on Wednesday.
J S Sarma appointed Chairman of TRAI
J S Sarma has been appointed Chairman of the TRAI on Wednesday. Sarma who is presently Member of the TDSAT is 1971 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.Sarma has a lot of exposure in the telecom sector. He was the Department of Telecommunications secretary and the Telecom Commission chairman from June 2005 to July 2006. Later on he was appointed as the Department of Fertilisers Secretary from July 2006 to July 2008.
( We said this on May 6 )
New Judge of Kerala High Court
i Periya Veedu Quadir Meeran Barkath Ali has been appointed as an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court for a period of two years.
New Judges of Delhi High Court
Mssrs Ajit Bharihoke, Vinay Kumar Jain, Ms. Indermeet Kaur Kochhar and Anil Kumar Pathak, Judicial Officers of the Delhi High Court have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court,

CORPORATE
ONGC Videsh MD Butola gets extension

ONGC Videsh Managing Director Ranbir Singh Butola has been given five year extension to his term in office.

Coir Board finalised half a dozen ad agencies

Coir Board has finalised half a dozen ad agencies to take care of ad promotions, the agency picked-up are Reflections, Combine Advertising, Degree 360 Solutions, Stark Communications, Jellita Publicity, Magnum Intergrafiks.

Saatchi & Saatchi news appoints Ramanuj Shastry N.C.D.

Saatchi & Saatchi news has appointed Ramanuj Shastry as national creative director.

Thayil is CEO Bharti Airtel AP
Sharlin Thayil has been appointed chief executive officer of Bharti Airtel Ltd., AP circle.
Elango moves to North as Director
Elango T CEO of Bharti Airtel ,AP has been moved to the North as director.
Garg is CGM SBH
Sudhir Garg has been appointed new Chief General Manager of State Bank of Hyderabad.

Ajay Verma is appointed as chief executive news of eBus

Ajay Verma is appointed as chief executive news of eBus Verma has worked with Rediffusion -- Y&R as account director

SCI Vigilance division is now ISO certified

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is S.C.Hajra had received a Certificate of Approval from M/s Indian Register Quality Systems (IRQS) certifying that the Quality Management System of the SCI has been assessed and approved in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9000:2001 with respect to the following scope: owning. Managing and chartering of ships for transportation of goods and passengers; offshore and marine advisory
services. The validity of this certificate is 3 years i.e. from 8th May 2007 to 7th May 2010. However, the Vigilance Division of the SCI was kept out of the purview of the ISO so far. It was only after M.B.Sagar took over as SCI's Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), vigilance division had taken an initiative for introducing the concept of Integrity pact in SCI which culminated into signing of MOU between SCI and Transparency International India (TII) on March 26, 2009 for adoption of Integrity Pact in SCI. M.B.Sagar said "we continued this trend by getting the Vigilance Division of SCI to be ISO certified. The most important reason is that ISO also epitomizes the implementation of standardization of procedures. The Vigilance
Division. has on a few occasions in the past, stressed the need for standardization of procedure including proper documentation policy, maintenance of flies movements records and more importantly, updating of existing manuals in the various divisions (for e.g. purchase manual) and preparing such manuals in divisions where they did not exist (for e.g. spare parts procurement manual did not exist).In view of the following. Vigilance Division was audited by IRQS on April 23, 2009. This ISO audit was carried out for the process flow chart etc. prepared in respect of complaint investigation process as stated above. The Auditor viewed various files and systems followed in the Vigilance Division and expressed satisfaction on the information provided to all his queries. In the IRQS Observation Sheet, the IRQS passed a Positive (+) Observation as follows: "in Corporate Services, the vigilance department has been audited. The system of analyses of the various complaints from vendors etc. is analyzed adequately." They have given a + sign in the remarks column of their observation sheet. Thus, SCI Vigilance division has become one among the first of the Vigilance Divisions to be certified for ISO 9001:2000. M.B.Sagar, CVO SCI said I am thankful to C&MD for his encouragement and VP (ISM&ISPS) and his department. for their kind co-operation in this regard.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Congress has really got itself into a knot!!!!
Seems to be a puzzled lot!!!
One minute they praise Naidu and next minute karte hai Naidu ko trash!!!
One minute Nitish is a performer and next minute his secularism ko karte hai bash!!
One minute Commies are enemies and the next minute 'possible Allies'!!!
On a very devious road Congress plies!!!!
Spokesmen have paid the price for the pall mein tolla pall mein masha!!!
Congress sure speaks in a very odd bhaasha!!
When it's known that Political Parties will start alliance parleys after results are out,
Why is Congress boxing even before the start of the bout????
All that Congress needed to say was ' with like minded Parties we are in touch',
'And post results everything will be known… thank you very much'!!!
And then go about quietly trying to get Allies onboard!!!
Also decide which one's will be thrown overboard!!
Why bring all this in the Public domain????
Congress's puzzled mind is proving to be its bane!!!
In all this Rahul comes out as Mr. Flip and Flop!!!
Even before the start of the birthday Party kiya Rahul ne balloon pop!!!
The message that is being flashed is that Congress is worried and in a fix!!!!
And that's why every second 'new alliance cocktails' karr rahi hai Congress mix!!!
BJP on the other hand gives the message that its on an upward trend!!!
A Party that is confident to make it message BJP does send!!!
And now BJP Leaders have fanned out to various States on Allies hunt or shikaar!!!
At present BJP in its sights has 'big chaar'!!!
Jaya, Naidu, Biju and Mamtha....... and they also have a gameplan!!!
And to achieve this plan to the States BJP pointmen ho gaye hai fan!!
Nitish is right ' does Mohna take himself to be the Secularism Authentication Authority'??
Congress's secularism is of the pseudo kind and Nitish does not fit in this sorority!!
Congress's hope is that in its crunch States BJP does not get what it got previously!!!
The possibility of this eventuality Congress is taking very very seriously!!!
BJP is banking on Congress doing very badly in TN, AP and in Maharashtra Congress's tripping!
And from the State elections in Rajasthan Congress's popularity this time dipping!!!
Many feel Jaya Pradha tried to pull a fast one!!!!
By someone in her own Camp the nude pics were done!!
Amar Singh says from politics he's going to retire!!
From 24x7 politicking ho gaya hai tire!!
He wants to spend time with his wife and kids and on his kaam!!!
Hear hear..... to this I'm sure in celebration many will raise a jaam!!!
Big B will be worried as then Amar will be on his back day and night!!!!
And for his image Big B knows this would not be right!!
Confucius says…… we are known by the friends we keep!!!!
And we all know in what Amar Singh is neck deep
Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
Government of India is neither fair nor interested in efficiency

This is about IES officers in Government of India. A very contrasting picture is presented to show case the attitude. It was sometime in 1996-97 , there were IES officers in the JAG. They had their SOs and Joint Secretaries. The SOs have become DSs and The JSs have become Senior Secretaries. The JAG IES officers have moved from JAG to Director( 13 Years). Looking at the work demand, IES officers on an average initiate and complete most of the work whereas other service officers on an average put their signature on the proposed work. This is not the complete story. When it is about the work of a IES officers, expectations on quality, volume and timeline is very high and expectation is of exemplary standard where as in case of others , the remark is , you know they don't do!! In the longer term the situation neither helps the Government nor the IES officers. Please mind it, I state a fact which I observed . I must make clear that I am not an IES officer working to advance any particular sections cause.

Ramarama Pprasad

COS proposes, UPA disposes
I had attended the Committee of Secretaries (COS) meeting chaired by Kamal Pandey, the then Cabinet Secretary who, while expressing his extreme displeasure to discuss the agenda already approved by the then Home Minister ( L K Advani),clearly hinted that, sooner or later, the DOP&T will have to prepare a fresh Cabinet Note to nullify the present decision and resume direct recruitment to the CSS through the Civil Services examination for ensuring quality in decision- making in the Central Secretariat. Unfortunately, no follow-up action was taken by the UPA government.

A former Secretary to Govt of India

This is for the betterment of service and individual
They will be able to get exerience of other Ministries. But why only Assistants and SO of CSS. When policy for US/DS was introduced, it was also made applicable for PPS/Sr. PPS but this time PAs and PSs has been left. When they want equality in all respects, why not for rotational transfers, which is demand of the time and working. This is applicable in most of the State Governments.

Neelkanth

DOPT is not punishing the Under Secretaries alone
Kindly think about the plight of Stenos and other non gazetted officials. The CSS Officers have been complaining & complaining relentlessly about delay in their promotions & non rotation because of which they do not get chance to be posted in lucrative ministry. they are blaming the IAS not realising they themselves are responsible. the CSS has failed the system, majority do not know the rules of office procedure, they get activated selectively in those files in which they have interest, they manipulate the system & behave like Gods, they do not face dislocation & remain comfortably located at one station, a plush government house, their children have stable life & continuity & do not have to adjust & readjust & face the trauma of frequent transfers & consequent inconvenience of learning language of new state of posting & yet these officers want to retire as secretaries to the Government of India with no field level experience. an officer joining as a LDC retires as under secretary/deputy secretary thus getting minimum 4 promotions in his career and yet are under false belief that they are the deciding force and decision making is easy merely because they have submitted a detailed note based on the receipt received from the field formations/state governments not realising that drafting a note & submitting DFA is not decision making. if the highest authority merely initials the file on their long note then that initial carries more weight because behind that decision lies the years of posting in far flung districts, the postings in state secretariats & numerous State PSUs which gives the strong foundation to the IAS & exposure to various levels of decision making. therefore the CSS should stop trying to blame IAS Officers or compare with them. merely submitting neatly typed office note & DFA is NOT administration or decision making.

Dimpy

Career progression of CSS
DOP&T should solve the career progression of CSS and their timely promotion to remove acute stagnation and frustration in the service rather than wasting their time in evolving new transfer policy leading to nepotism and favoritism by posting their own people in much wanted ministries at the cost of those who have no my baap. No criteria have been evolved for inter- ministry transfers since 1999.Those who can manage are transferred from one economic ministry to another or remain in that Ministry even after seven years. Many of them are in DOP&T itself. What is the use of this transfer policy. If you equate CSS with other services for transfer policy, why not for time bound promotion? They are sitting on the cadre review committee report of CSS just because it does not suit those sitting at the helm of the affairs.

Vimal

It's a good news
This is good that Dir/DS/US will have a tenure of 5 year in a Ministry and SO/Assistants will have a tenure of 7 years in a Ministry. But it is a purely stepmotherly treatment with CSS. When initially the policy of rotational transfer was introduced for CSS it was also made applicable for CSSS. But this it is made applicable only for CSS and not for CSSS. Perhaps they are attached with big bosses and can manage to hoodwink the rules. DoPT (CS Division is not fair in its dealings).

Neelkanth

A Visitor

All kudos for BJP
BJP, is a good leading & strong party, Our PM Adwani.... is good leading in India and our country

TIKAM MAMTA SAHU

That's a Great News for us
Raghavendran is a dynamic personality & can lead the team successfully in the times to come. All the Best.

Vivek Dhawan