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Who will be next Foreign Secretary -Nalin Surie or Nirupama Rao ?
Who will succeed Shiv Shankar Menon as new Foreign Secretary ?.One theory says
with Dinkar Khullar IFS 1978 Additional Secretary (Administration) in Ministry of External Affairs Nalin Surie has strengthened his move towards becoming Foreign Secretary of India. Other report says that Indian Ambassador to China Nirupama Rao is returning to India as Foreign Secretary and Nalin Surie is being moved to London as High Commissioner.
Media may see heavy retrenchment after June 30
Media persons, both in print and electronic, may see heavy loss of job after June 30. If the jobs of media persons have so far remained intact, it is only due to the ongoing general elections. By June end, a new government would come into force and the media organizations would be able to manage with a thin staff.
Pankaj Jain empanelled ?
Pankaj Jain 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.
AK Jain empanelled in GOI
A.K.Jain, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre, has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI).
Orders of two SC Judges in a couple of days
Appointment orders of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, as Supreme Court judges are being issued in a couple of days.
Weight and tummy to matter in IPS empanelment
Now Weight and tummy would also matter in the empanelment of IPS at the senior level..
Now two vacancies of Dy Governor in RBI
Following Dr Rakesh Mohan's resignation, two positions of Deputy Governors in the RBI have arisen.
Recent PSU appointments to be reviewed
The new government to be formed this month would review the recent appointments made in the PSUs.
Rangarajan posted on promotion in CAG office
On promotion, 1982 batch IA&AS officer RS Rangarajan has been posted as Director General (Performance Audit) in the CAG office.
Mrs. Vandana Kinni tipped to be Director Personnel (P)
As the grapevine has it, Mrs. Vandana Kinni who is presently working as Director VIP security in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is tipped to be Director Personnel (P) in the wake of Shyam Chandran having
retired. Mrs. Vandana Kinni is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Army officers of DIG's rank empanelled in BSF
As many as five army officers of DIG rank have been selected for deputation to BSF.
Rajinder pal Singh tipped to join GOI
Rajinder pal Singh of 1987 batch of UP Cadre is tipped to join the Government of India (GOI) on central deputation.
He would have been Chairman of CBDT ?
Had P P Srivastava been included in the panel of CBDT Members, 1973 batch IRS officer would have been next Chairman. This is called destiny .
RK Singh's departure to ICAO in doldrums
As the grapevine has it, the proposal related to RK 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 allowed him to continue only 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.
T Prateep Kumar chosen as CGM, SBI
T Prateep Kumar who so far was a General Manager has been selected for
elevation as Chief General Manager (CGM).
Hot talks between 2 bureaucrats in MHA
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.
A K Khanna transferred
AK Khanna, HAG/IRAS/RDSO, working as Sr.ED (Finance) has been transferred to COFMOW and posted as FA&CAO in HAG by utilising the HAG element of the post of Sr.ED (Finance)/RDSO.
Gulati joins Railway Board
IRPS officer AK Gulati has joined in the Railway Board as Chairman HRRC.
Officials shifted in TamilNadu
Madurai Police Commissioner K. Nandabalan has been transferred on the direction of the Election Commission. Abhash Kumar will be new Commissioner. Tiruvarur Collector M. Chandrasekaran has also been transferred.
UP Governor meets IB Chief in camera
Why did T.V.Rajeshwar Uttar Pradesh Governor meet Rajiv Mathur ,Director Intelligence Bureau ( DIB) in Mathur's North Block located chamber on the evening of May 5,2009? The meeting that lasted about 50 minutes is hotly being discussed in corridors of power . What transpired during the 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.
Girish Chandra Chaturvedi has joined as Addl Secy Financial Services
Girish Chandra Chaturvedi who had made a mark as Director Rural Health Mission in the Government of India (GOI) has assumed the charge as Additional Secretary Financial Services. Hitherto he was Additional Secretary in GOI. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on 02 May 09)
R.K.Singh resigns from IAS (Updated At- 05:32pm)
R.K.Singh (IAS 1985 batch, Manipur-Tripura cadre)who was earlier Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation has resigned. He has sent in his papers to the Tripura Government.Singh who is currently on leave confirmed about his resignation to <whispersinthecorridors.com> . However,in reply to a question he refused to state anything further that as to why he had resigned or what his plans were.

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Sanju Verma, new C.E.O. (PUG)
Proactive Universal Group (PUG) has appointed Sanju Verma as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Verma has also worked with HDFC as Director.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
My psephology says BJP will not cross 135 (plus minus 2% error),
It needs 160 and thereabouts (on its own) to stay 'alive'!!!!
Congress will be a little less or more!!!!
Horse trading there is going to be galore!!!
After all even if BJP is 135 it'll give Congress a fight!!!!
In my opinion which Party will win more seats on its own situation is very tight!!!
Advani keeps saying he's not indulged in mudslinging!!!
He simply overlooks the insults on Mohna that he's been flinging!!!
In Advani's dictionary being strong is 'heavy' mudslinging!!!
After all it does take strength for the flinging!!!
Mohna should ask Advani what mark did he leave as HM or DPM!!!
And then give him a rerun of what he's achieved as PM!!!
And why did Advani keep quite on his 'nay' to terrorists being released???
Why did it take him so long to tell us that he wanted the release of terrorists ceased???
After it was all over why did he not let the cat out of the bag!!!
That to release of terrorists he had waived the red flag!!!
Fact is this was a decision by consensus and the Public's reaction forced Sarkaar's haath!
I still remember relatives crying for help outside 7 Race Course dinn aur raath!!
Why does Advani not take a page from Modi's book????
All that Advani is doing is throwing at opponents the book!!!
The Report on money being stashed overseas shows a spurt from 2002!!
Advani was HM cum DPM so why nothing he chose to do???
Now the 2002 HM cum DPM sounds oblivious of this export of money!!
This sure does sound very funny!!!
Fact is Advani was bereft of issues and clung on to this one like taking tinkaa ka sahaara!
Insiders say Advani simply had no other chaara!!!
It's well known that those in power stash ghoos overseas!!!
What plans does he have to make this cease????
Fact is India will have to be innovative to plug the leak and get the money back!!!
The leak it'll have to first attack!!!
And Advani's fib that money will pour- in will change as time goes by!!!
If Advani comes to power time and again time he'll buy!!!
Should a Army Commander tell his troops that they should be ready for haar!!!
If an Army Commander says this he'll be thrown Army ke bahar!!
Why did Diggy say Congress is willing to sit in the Opposition????
What was behind this proposition!!!
Diggy may say he said this as a bargaining ploy!!!
With committed Allies and would be one's karr raha tha toy!!
By saying Q matter is dead Rahul has pumped into Bofors life!!!!
Bofors scandal for Congress is like a troublesome wife!!
Congress tries its best for a divorce from this wife!!!!
But it does something stupid and wife makes very mushqil Congress's life!!!
Confucius says.....They've been married for more than twenty years!!!
And time and again this troublesome wife has brought her hubby to tears!!!
Adds... What is Q in this marriage?????
Well he's the matchmaker, Tent wallah, caterer, flower supplier and he also arranged the horse drawn carriage!!!
Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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IAS has had its way
So 1976 batch has been empanelled for secretary and 1979 batch for addl secretary. The superior service IAS has had its way elections not withstanding. But what about the poor cousins --the other central services -- their empanellment must be in the back burner--when will the other services ever get justice? After the eligible officers come near retirement what would be left for them?
A K Chopra
Why do you ignore news about other Central Services?
Why is it that your website also reports only about IAS and IPS officers empanellment? Why do you ignore news about other Central Services --and report only transfer stories of IRS? What happened to the empanelment of Central Services . Cabinet Secretary had called for names from these services also for empanellment of Additional Secretaries and secretaries. What happened to them?
S Varma
Pay parity to organised Group A service - An utopian possibility
It is needless to mention that this problem will be face by the most of the Organised Group 'A' Service because of their Recruitment Rules as well as not giving / getting promotion in time. In my opinion the only solution is that the Eligibility condition for considering Non Functional Up gradation should be as per IAS Recruitment Rules instead of respective Service RR because the RR of Organised Group A Services are not uniform.
Nandini
PESB reforms!
As a former CMD of a PSU, I would clarify that V S Jain, former CMD SAIL and a member of PESB, is senior to Phunsog (IAS) who joined the Board recently.
A Visitor
Pitiable condition is due to suppression of voice
Funny Fairy Tale:(PPS/Sr.PPS):
Is PPS and Sr.PPS post at all necessary in steno line. The above persons call themselves US/DS but when it comes to work they refuse to take dictation or do typing and the work left for them is only to attend telephone calls/send officer or tour which a LDC/UDC may perform more efficiently. Apart from this, these persons are asking a post equal to Director which is a laughing joke of the decade. When all the work is being done efficiently by Steno grade 'D", PA and PS; it is better to increase the number of PA and PS posts so that there is no stagnation at lower level instead of depending on these PPS and Sr. PPS who simply want to show themselves only as officers. Hope concerned DOPT officials really give a thinking at least now whether at all these two posts are worth they have been created.
E P Biswas
Entry age v/s Retirement age:
At entry level, different posts require different qualification criteria.
Thus while for posts in PB-1, people join at much younger age i.e. even at 18 years, certain posts require much higher qualification. For civil services, or professional services, people can join only much later. Average age at entry is 23 to 24 years.
Hence it only would be fair that jobs requiring higher qualification are allowed higher retirement age. PB-4 should be given 2 years more of retirement age than PB-1.
MK
So relevant, so nearer to the grass root reports
I think you are presuming because no one can be sure what voters verdict is for. In presumptions also, you are making basic mistake of undermining INC in UP. Presuming only 5 seats for INC is actually great injustice to efforts of Rahul Gandhi. You will see the results in Barabanki, Gonda , Unnao, Sultanpur, Jhansi, Pratapgarh and to some extent Faizabad, which were earlier with other parties, are in close range of INC. These alone are 6 seats. Sriprakash Jaiswal, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Rajesh Mishra, Jitin Prasad, Begum Noor Bano are in winning position. So if you want to presume it may be at least 12.)
Varun
Congress is looking at 10+ seats in U.P. Very strong performance in some seats. Strategy of giving tickets to strong candidates seems to be working.
Sandeep
TAIL-PIECE
How a typing error becomes a blunder !
This is a true story of a correspondence which went awry because of a minor typing error. The lady Stenographer working with a Joint Secretary in a Union Ministry applied for one month's leave.
The Joint Secretary agreed, and asked her to type out an application to the Administrative Division asking for her suitable substitute. Instead of using the word substitute, the poor steno unintentionally typed out the word "prostitute". The boss signed the letter, in good faith, without reading it.
The Joint Secretary (Admn.), who had old scores to settle with the concerned JS, decided to cash in on the typing error and he wrote back: "Please refer to your letter dated_____. The commodity asked for by you is not readily available in the Ministry. You are, therefore, advised to procure it from the market and forward the bill to the Administrative Section."
Contributed by-Pawan Kumar