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1975 & 1977 batch IPS empanelment meeting deferred
Meeting for the empanelment of 1975 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG and 1977 batch IPS officers to the rank of ADG in the Government of India which was expected to take place on Tuesday has been deferred till tomorrow.
Will there be total number 17 ?
It is believed that 17 IPS officers belonging to 1975 batch are going to be empanelled to the rank of DG in the Government of India.
Expert Group submits report of 1977 batch IPS
Expert Group constituted by the Government of India is believed to have submitted its recommendation for the empanelment of 1977 batch IPS officers to the rank of ADG .
Empanelment of a few IAS of 1976 and 1979 to be held later
It is reported that empanelment of 1976 and 1979 batch IAS officers posted abroad will take place later.
Shashi Prakash is Advisor Inter-State Council Secretariat
Chief Secretary of Tripura, Shashi Prakash, is joining the Government of India as Advisor Inter-State Council Secretariat. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre.
Surviving ICS officer of British era (7) V K Rao
Valluri Kameshwar Rao of AP cadre is one of the few surviving Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer.
Rakesh Mohan quits RBI
Dr Rakesh Mohan Deputy Governor of the RBI has has quit nearly eight months ahead of the completion of his tenure.He is joining the Stanford University as Consulting Professor.
Vrinda Sarup is back to UP
Ms Vrinda Sarup is back to the parent UP cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. On return 1981 batch IAS officer Ms Sarup has been appointed Principal Secretary of Bio-Education.
Sanyal empanelled for JS empanelment
Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) official TK Sanyal has reportedly been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Vedi to be next CMD of Punjab &Sindh Bank
G S Vedi is likely to be appointed new CMD of the Punjab & Sindh Bank. Proposal has already been sent to this effect.
RK Saraf chosen as CGM, SBI
RK Saraf, who so far was a General Manager, has been selected for elevation as Chief General Manager (CGM).
Dr. GA Kinhal is CEO, ICIMOD- Kathmandu
Dr. GA Kinhal, a Madhya Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1980 batch, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu.
Bhadra is Principal AG J & K
On promotion 1982 batch IA&AS officer DJ Bhadra has been posted as Principal Accountant General (Audit) J&K, Srinagar.
Shubhra tops, girls secure top three positions in UPSC exams 2008
Girls have bagged the top three ranks in the Civil Services Examination 2008 with Noida's Shubhra Saxena topping the test, results for which were declared the other day. Shubhra a B.Tech from IIT Roorkee has been followed by Sharandeep Kaur Brar of Punjab and Kiran Kaushal in the second and third place. Sharandeep has done her MA from Punjab University.
Among the male candidates Varinder Kumar Sharma is the topper who has secured overall 4th rank. He has done B.E. from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. This is his first attempt. Varinder Sharma is a physically challenged candidate.
Amog the top 25 candidates 15 are males and 10 females. Educational qualification-wise they comprise of 12 candidates belonging to Commerce, Mangement, Humanities, Science & Social Sciences; 9 candidates belonging to Engineering and 4 candidates belonging to Medical Science background.
Of these, 22 took the Examination in English medium; 2 in Hindi medium and 1 in Punjab medium. Of the top 25 candidates, 11 appeared from Delhi; 3 each from Chandigarh and Chennai; 2 each from Bhopal and Hyderabad and 1 each from Kolkata, Jaipur, Jammu and Thiruvananthapuram centers.
A total number of 791 candidates have been recommended for appointment including 364 General (including 13 Physically Challenged candidates), 236 Other Backward Classes (including 07 Physically Challenged candidates), 130 Scheduled Castes and 61 Scheduled Tribes candidates.
The number of vacancies reported by the Government for the Indian Administrative Service is 120 (60 General, 33 Other Backward Classes, 17 Scheduled Castes and 10 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indian Foreign Service is 26 (13 General, 08 Other Backward Classes, 04 Scheduled Castes and 01 Scheduled Tribe); for the Indian Police Service is 130 (65 General, 36 Other Backward Classes, 20 Scheduled Castes and 09 Scheduled Tribes); for the Central Services Group 'A' is 546 (282 General, 146 Other Backward Classes, 81 Scheduled Castes and 37 Scheduled Tribes) and for Central Services Group 'B' is 59 ( 34 General, 13 Other Backward Classes, 08 Scheduled Castes and 04 Scheduled Tribes). This includes 20 vacancies for Physically Challenged candidates.
Surai Kumar Shukla tipped to join GOI
Surai Kumar Shukla of 1982 batch of UP Cadre is tipped to join the Government of India (GOI) on central deputation.
Praveen Kumar Shrivastava has joined ASI as Addl.DG
Praveen Kumar Shrivastava an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Tripura cadre has joined the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as Additional Directror General (ADG). Hitherto he was Tripura
Government's Resident Commissioner (RC) in Delhi.
Ranjit Sinha RPF DG leads Indian contingent
Ranjit Sinha Director General (DG) Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF) is heading the country's contingent for the 5th session of International Working Group on Land transport security commencing in Los Angeles on May 5, 2009.He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Race for CS Tripura begins
Race for the post of Chief Secretary Tripura has begun as incumbent bureaucrat Shashi Prakash is tipped to join Government of India (GOI) on central deputation in the Inter State Secretariat.
Two names in circulation for slot of Tripura, CS
Names of two IAS officers belonging to the 1978 batch are in circulation for the slot of Tripura Chief Secretary as incumbent Shashi Prakash is tipped to join Government of India (GOI) on central deputation in the Inter State Secretariat. They are A.K.Mangotra & R.K.Vaish. Of them latter's chances are brighter.
Will Selvaraj continue in Lakshdweep as Administrator?
Will 1981 batch IAS officer B V Selvaraj continue in Lakshdweep as Administrator? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power because his successor is yet to be named. Vijayan who was posted in his place had not reached to relieve him. If the successor to Selvaraj was not named then he willcontinue in Lakshdweep.
Three dozen 1979 batch IAS officers empanelled ?
Altogether three dozen 1979 batch IAS officers are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Those who reportedly figure in the list include Mssrs Anup Kumar Thakur and Jitesh Khosla (Assam-Meghalaya), P K Mohanty and I Y R Krishna Rao (AP), Afzal Amanullah
and B Bhamathi (Bihar), Sunil Kumar (Chhattisgarh), Rajiv Takru ,Dr C I
Joy and Gauri Kumar (Gujarat), Ashok Kumar Sarkar (Jharkhand ), E K Bharat Bhushan and V Somasundaran (Kerala), Dr C S Kedar and Anita Kaul (Karnataka),
A M Khan and Dr Amitabh Rajan (Maharashtra), Arvind Joshi, R Gopalakrishnan,
Bimal Julka , Snehlata Kumar and Rajan Katoch (Madhya Pradesh), Nilanjan Sanyal, Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, G Mohan Kumar and Vandana Kumari Jena (Orissa ) Ravi Mathur , Meera Mehrishi and Sudhir Bhargava (Rajasthan), Kush
Verma , Siraj Hussain , Vijay Shankar Pandey and Zohra Chatterji (UP), S Ramasundaram (Tamil Nadu) and Dr S K Sarkar (West Bengal).
PM clears 1976 batch IAS file
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cleared the empanelment file of 1976 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.
PM yet to clear 1979 batch empanelment file
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to clear the empanelment file of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India this week.
Phonsog replaces Naresh Narad in PESB
There is going to be no acting Chairman of the PESB. Being the seniormost Member C Phonsog has replaced as head of the PESB. He is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.
Former Punjab CS is no more
Prafullachandra Harsukhrai Vaishnav, former Chief Secretary of Punjab has passed away in Chandigarh.1956 batch IAS officer Vaishnav was 77.
R.K.Singh's departure to ICAO in doldrums
As the grapevine has it the proposal relating to R.K.Singh (IAS 1985 batch, Manipur-Tripura cadre) going to Montreal as India's representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is in doldrums. The slot fell vacant when Naseem Ahmad Zaidi (IAS 1976 batch, Uttar Pradesh) returned from ICAO & assumed the charge as Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) from Kanu Gohain, last year. Though, Singh's tenure is of three years his parent cadre's Government had only allowed him to continue for two years.
Arun Mishra's tight ropewalk for ICAO
As the grapevine has it Arun Mishra Joint Secretary to Government of India (GOI) in the Civil Aviation Ministry is doing a tight ropewalk for slot of India's representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Montreal. He is IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.
Hot talks between 2 bureaucrats
The MHA corridors were agog with discussion through out the day on May 5,2009 regarding hot talks that took place between two senior bureaucrats in course of meeting on the issue of tackling naxalites.
Why did UP Governor meet IB Chief ?
Why did T.V.Rajeshwar Uttar Pradesh Governor meet Rajiv Mathur ,Director Intelligence Bureau ( DIB) in Mathur's North Block located chamber this evening? The meeting lasted about 50 minutes on the evening of May 5, 2009. What transpired between this one on one meeting could not be known. However, UP Governor left the North Block soon after conclusion of his meeting with the DIB.In T.V.Rajeshwar's motorcade there were six vehicles.

CORPORATE
K V Kamath appointed Non Executive Director of Infosys.
K V Kamath who is non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank, will be Additional Director of Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Girish Shah succeeds as CMO (Asia Pacific Advisory Council Worldwide's)
Reliance ADA Group branding head Girish Shah, will also be chief marketing officer (CMO) of Asia Pacific Advisory Council Worldwide's which is a global body of marketing professional's board of Asia Pacific.
Navin Suri elevated in ING Investment
Navin Suri has been elevated as Chief Executive Officer of its Indian investment management operations.of the ING.
Ms. Manisha Tripathi is president Miditech
Miditech Pvt Ltd has roped in Ms. Manisha Tripathi as its President. Hitherto she was station director of Big FM, Delhi and Goa..
Ramakrishan is new CGM SB Mysore
A. Ramakrishan has taken over as Chief General Manager of State Bank of Mysore.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Voter turnout in Urban India has got BJP in a worry!!!!
Because under 'a low voter turnout in urban India BJP ho sakthi hai bury!!!!
That is why for making voting mandatory Advani did scurry!!!
Low Voter turnout even in rural India has made the vision of pollsters blurry!!!
In reform mode why does Advani not demand that Manifesto should be like the Bible?
Not abiding by the Manifesto should be like libel!!!
On Manifesto Parties are abs pliable!!!
Party Flouting Manifesto for 'breaking a contract' should be held liable!!!
Though BJP feels its going to come out tops!!!!
Well we'll have to wait to see which balloon pops!!!
When it comes to Alliance formation BJP will have to pull out all stops!!!
But when it comes to Allies BJP literally hops (lame)!!!
Congress is showing more and more signs of 'loss flu'!!!!
Seems after the votes were cast Congress got some clue!!!
Nervousness is driving them time and again to the loo!!!
To say Congress will win in the face they are going more and more blue!!
Signs of Congress reading the writing on the wall!!!
Rumor that NSA Narayanan will get to become Guv call!!!
Awards being doled out before the fall!!!
In 10 Janpath is there gloom ka pall?????
In the name of Secularism will so called Secular Parties keep BJP at bay????
Gel for power but 'it's for secularism' they'll say!!!
In the Secular corner they choose to stay!!!
Excuse … for including Ram Mandir in its manifesto BJP they will flay!!
BJP is an urbanite and Congress is a villager or a dehaati!!!!
In rural India Congress is still considered garib ka saathi!!!
And by Muslims its been sold that BJP for them woes hai laathi!!
By Muslims it's felt that for them to great extents Congress hia jaathi!!!
So in effect there is no reason for Congress to trip!!!!
Or for BJP towards popularity to zip!!!
And in this election no passions the challengers have been able to whip!!!
Both BJP and Congress will be neck to neck and Allies will make one tip (heavier)!!
Confucius says…….if the schemes that Congress doled out did not reach affected!!!
Or its Muslim Vote bank felt it was not being protected,
Then Congress by the Voter will be rejected!!!
Otherwise to rule once again Congress will be selected!!!
Adds...... Has BJP on the other hand been able to whip enough wind into its sails!!!!
In the recent State elections there been in three Sates pro BJP gales!!!
But its Neta and Neeti have put it on the rails!!!
And Allies know what siding with BJP entails!!!
Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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All kudos to CAG
Kudos to CAG office for bringing out the performance audit report on police. It is an eye opener for both IAS/IPS who control police/home departments and their lack of farsightedness and lack of commitment has been brought out in public domain. For IAS, it is a failure of not looking after their charges properly and sitting on the proposals to satisfy their ego and for IPS officers to even failing in setting their house in order. Why can't we punish the defaulters for denying the basic right of safety and security to general public. Hope right lessons are learnt to set the system right. Security is fundamental issue and their should not be two opinion about it. The mandarins of IPS/IAS must take this wake up call in right earnest. Ameen...
Sanjay
Additional powers to audit for what?
Powers per se do not empower , unless accompanied by a tradition of training and commitment to excellence. Audit Department in India has been singularly unsuccessful in detecting big ticket frauds in government schemes and contracts. When have you last heard of a successful conviction on the basis of audit finding or unearthing of a scam in government development scheme on the basis of audit objection ? Additional powers to audit would be however politically expedient.
Bremin
It will be another chaos again !
If Ajay Maken is reelected from New Delhi constituency; it is nothing but "Satyanas". Because, the commission earners, taxi stand chaos, CPWD JE/EE and staff in charge of Type1 to TypeIII Government quarters; staff in Dte. of Estates involved in allotment of quarters; persons occupying government type-II/III quarters for a short period with the help of JE and Estate office will rejoice because they know that this Ajay Maken and ND constituency MP does not take note of this and after all the genuine sufferers are the persons who are waiting in the pipeline for allotment like fools. Besides retails shopkeepers who are increasing and fixing the rates of articles will be very happy and the pitiable customers will only be at the receiving end.
A Visitor
Not quite true
Most of the parties except Left and BJP have singular command. It is the same with DMK (Karunanidhi), ADMK Jayalalitha),BSP( Mayavati), SP( Mulayam Singh), RJD (Lalu Prasad), LJS (Ram Vilas Paswan), Telugu Desam ( Chandrababu Naidu). Shiv Sena (Bal Thakeray), Nationalist Congress Party ( Sharad Pawar) and so on. Not only that, all these persons are Life time President of their Parties. Eye washing Party elections are conducted to hood wink the Election Commission.
Srini
Turnout in Ananthnag is not actually low !
Few people have commented on the low voter turnout in Ananthnag parliamentary constituency. Though separatists consider it as their victory, 28% is not low in the context of situation in the valley and when compared to 40-45% in many parts of the country. It appears low when compared to assembly elections. In assembly elections people had to choose persons who would become their CM and Ministers. These things are not there in the elections to Lok Sabha. People there are not bothered who forms the government at the centre, only leaders are. It is No surprise that people in J&K take as much interest in the rest of the country, as people in the rest of the country take in them.
Bishan Sharma
There is lot of corruption in PSU appointments
I thank you for highlighting the sufferings of senior Central PSU executives aspiring for Board level appointments in public sector. There is lot of corruption in this area.
Surya Kant
Reforms in PESB must
Reforms in PESB must be carried out without delay to remove multi-layered corruption in Board level appointments in the Public Sector.
A Public Sector Executive ,SCOPE complex, Delhi
PESB revamping !
Views on PESB have really stirred up a real hornet's nest. As a retired senior PSU Executive,I support his suggestion for empowerment of PESB so as to take it out of the clutches of the business mafia having close links with the administrators and politicians for interfering with the selection of directors and CMDs on considerations other than merit.I have been a sufferer, myself.
S K Sharma
Who is to be blamed for NHAI Mess
In NHAI, some officers are on deputation for more than 7 years without DOP&T's approval, a large number of officers are on 2nd or 3rd deputation to NHAI. Promotion of vested interests is not ruled out due to which nation is suffering. It is high time that all officers unauthorizely posted and working in NHAI are sacked and all their perpetrators are exposed and punished.
SK
Leadership of IPS under cloud
I am reminded of a couplet. I do not know who the author is but it goes like this
"Tu idhar udhar ki na bat kar, yeh bata carvan kyon luta. Mujhe rahjani ka gila nahin, teri rahbari ka sawal hai.
It is the leadership of IPS that is under cloud. They say that they are not allowed to work by the politicians in the states. But what happens to them when they come to the centre? Why do they fail to rejuvenate the organisations upon whom they are superimposed by the Government? They are not welcome in NSG. They are ruining the other CPMF - the only imprint they leave on the CPMF is the change in colour of tie and scarf every time the DG changes. It is high time that they started concentrating on actual police work instead of eyeing cushy jobs else where.
Jain
It reflects the sick mindset
The comments on 'Seema Prahari' posted in WIC 01-05-09 reflects the sick mindset of the class echoing such views. Border guarding is a specialized job. The training , equipment , role and task and almost everything is different from what our masters in Khaki have seen, heard or done before coming on deputation. Even after joining the force there is little inclination to learn and imbibe the organisational ethos. The five years of deputation is spent on managing cushy postings, misappropriation and further manipulating the system. Except for a few exceptional gentlemen i cannot remember anyone from this so called elite service making a meaningful contribution to the force. The recommendation of 6th CPC for giving 100% DIG rank and 50% quota in the rank of IG and above has been smartly scuttled .Now going to the court seems to be the only option. If this elite lot thinks the career progression should be compared with constabulary then they should do the same in the state police. That would set a nice example. The abolishing of L/Nk and NK and further the dismal state of career progression for the constabulary reflects on the poor leadership being provided by these deputationist. Since no cadre officer is any position of importance , blaming them makes no sense.
A Singh
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