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I&B Minister wants govt to take over Prasar Bharati
I&B Minister Ms. Ambika Soni is believed to have written to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh that Prasar Bharati (now autonomous) be handed over back to the government.
R.N.Chaubey’s name in circulation for Commissioner Handloom’s post
As the grapevine has it, name of Rajiv  Narayan Chaubey IAS, (Tamil Nadu: 1981) is in circulation for the Delhi based post of Development Commissioner Handlooms in the Ministry of Textiles. The slot fell vacant in the wake of B.K.Sinha IAS, (Gujarat: 1975) having returned to his parent cadre on completion of his deputation tenure. Last week Sinha was appointed as Principal Secretary (PS)Port and Transport. At present Chaubey is Delhi based Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC) for the Tamil Nadu Government.
Balwant Singh to be Chief Secretary of Gujarat ?
In all probability, Balwant Singh will be the new Chief Secretary of Gujarat. He is 1976 batch IAS officer.
Mishra appointed CVO in Hindustan petroleum Corp Ltd
SM Mishra (IRS : 1981) has been appointed CVO in Hindustan petroleum Corp Ltd, Mumbai.
S Suresh made Jt Secr in Ministry of Home
S Suresh, West Bengal cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch, has been made Joint Secretary in Ministry of Home. He is Advisor in National Disaster management.
Names of B K Chaturvedi and Reva Nayyar short-listed ?
Rumour mill says that names of former Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi and former 1968 batch IAS officer Ms Reva Nayyar have been short-listed for the Governorship.About half a dozen Governors are being appointed soon.
Santanu made Dy Secr in MoH
Santanu ( IAS MT : 1997) has been made Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs.
Alok Kumar to join GoI
Alok Kumar is all set to join the Government of India either as Joint Secretary Mines or Personnel. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam cadre.
1990 batch IAS meet Establishment Officer
IAS officers belonging to 1990 batch met the Establishment Officer Thursday to inquire from him about the delay in their empanelment at Joint secretary level.
O.P.Bhutani’s elevation as Director (R & D), BHEL stuck up!
As the grapevine has it, elevation of O.P.Bhutani as Director (Research & Development) in BHEL seems to be uncertain even 11 months after the process began. Bhutani who is presently Executive Director (ED) International Operations may still be elevated as a Director. However, for him a new post of Director International Operations (IO) may be created. Argument being giving for this is that O.P.Bhutani has mostly been a man of IO.
Vilas Rao Deshmukh has no objections over Bhutani's elevation
Grapevine has it that Indian Heavy Industries Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh is not at all averse to O.P.Bhutani's elevation as Director Research & Development (R & D) in BHEL. Presently, Bhutani is Executive Director (ED) International Operations, BHEL.
Choudhary is new JS Commerce
Sumantra Choudhary has been appointed Joint Secretary Commerce in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Mukherjee gets six months extension
Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy, P Mukherjee has been granted six months extension in deputation tenure. He is 1980 batch IA&AS officer.
NDC’s new batch to start early next year
The new batch of NDC is slated to start January 4, 2010.
Wild Life Crime Bureau requires SP
A post of Superintendant of Police (SP) is vacant in Wild Life Crime Bureau.
Lalit Prasad to move to Finland
Lalit Prasad, Second Secretary in Colombo is moving to Helsinki, Finland.
Private visits of AIS officers may be curbed
After imposing strict restrictions on official visits of IAS, IPS, IFS and other All India Service (AIS) officers to foreign countries, the government is also learnt to be planning to curb their private visits.
Saxena posted as OSD in MEA
N K Saxena has been posted as OSD (Welfare) in MEA. He is 1982 batch IFS officer.
Vinay Luthra elevated as Addl PCCF in Uttarakhand
Vinay Luthra, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1979 batch from Karnataka cadre, has been promoted as Additional PCCF. At present he is Managing Director (MD) of the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC).
R.P. Agarwal poised to join CBI
As the grapevine has it, R.P. Agarwal is tipped to join CBI as a Joint Director.  He is an IPS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Govt sanctions Rs 430 Cr for renovation of top hotels
The Government of India is learnt to have sanctioned a sum of Rs 430 Cr for the renovation of top hotels including Hotel Ashoka, Hotel Janpath and Hotel Samrat. Only time will tell whether the desired improvement would come.
GOI to facilitate in setting up a police Academy in Nepal
Government of India (GOI) is going facilitate in establishing a high tech police Academy in Nepal. The decision has reportedly been taken after considering the request Government of Nepal. A MoU in this regard will be singed shortly. Academy will train Nepal’s police.
IDAS officer Sandhu transferred to IFA HQ (SC), Pune
S.S. Sandhu (IDAS:1981), CDA (ITSDC & RTC), Pune, has been transferred to IFA HQ (SC), Pune.
Ms. Vani Sriram posted as Principal Director of Audit, Northern Railway, New Delhi.
Ms. Vani Sriram, Principal Director(RS-II) in the CAG office, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Northern Railway, New Delhi.
Sethi join GoI
Bishnupada Sethi has joined the Government of India as Director Census Orissa. He is 1995 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
IAS postings in Orissa
Kasinath Sahu has been appointed Secretary State Information Commission in Orissa. Ashok Sahu will now be Director, AH &VS.
Rao to be DDG UIDA
J Rama Krishna Rao is likely to be appointed Deputy Director General in Unique Identification Authority of India, New Delhi.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Anish Gandhi given crucial Party assignment
Anish Gandhi, (33 )who had assumed the charge as Advisor to Chief
Minister of Meghalaya towards July 2009 has been entrusted with yet another important post in the Congress Party. He has recently been appointed as the Special Secretary of the North East Congress Committee. Gandhi is an Electronics and Telecommunications engineer and has been associated with the Congress party since 2003. He was a part of UPA -I, as the ADVISOR in the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Rural Development. He has charged the government with only Re 1 as a token salary for all his political appointments. Several Congress ruled states are trying to rope him in for their benefit as he enjoys a clout in New Delhi. He has already made waves in Meghalaya in a short span of time and the state has embarked on the path of development. So, what's coming up next for him ? We will keep a track about..
Balasubramanian to join NPA
C Balasubramanian is joining the National Police Academy,Hyderabad as Joint Director. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Manpir-Tripura cadre.
Shashikant Jain to be Director (Marketing) Hindustan Papers ?
Shashikant Jain is all set to become new Director (Marketing) of the Hindustan Papers Ltd..The PESB has reportedly put his number one in the panel.
IPS officer resigns in Tripura
S K Darlong has put in his papers to join the Tripura Public Service Commission. He is 1994 batch IPS officer.
Baligar issue holds BSY govt to ransom
The crisis faced by B.S. Yeddyurappa-led government in Karnataka that seems to have settled down, at least temporarily, with the ouster of the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister V.P. Baligar and Rural Development Minister Shobha Karandlaje has been brewing around for long while. Accused of being favourable to a few ministers and MLAs who are close to the CM, Baligar had earned the ire of many of the BJP MLAs who have now revolted against the CM. Known to be an efficient officer, Baligar’s ‘go by the rules’ nature is also said to have irked many of the dissident MLAs.
Whispersinthecorridors.com had during its recent visit to Bangalore reported the widespread discontentment among officers and ministers of Karnataka over the functioning of Baligar, a close confidant of Chief Minister Yeddyurappa and was instrumental in disposing all important files marked to the Chief Minister.
The Chief Minister BSY failed to respond to demands against Baligar that led to a situation that the senior IAS officer’s shunting Baligar issue had virtually held hostage the entire state government for close to three weeks. Such intense was the pressure against Baligar, that every fortnight there was rumours about his imminent transfer from the Chief Minister’s secretariat. Though he managed to cling on and got away till he stepped on the toes of Reddy’s (Karunakar and Janardhan) commonly know and as Bellary brothers. The mining barons had the last laugh seeking Baligar’s ouster.
Justice Nazki to be CJ of Orissa HC !
Justice Bilal Nazki of the Bombay High Court is being appointed new Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.
IAS transfers in TamilNadu
Darez Ahamed has been appointed as Joint Commissioner (North), Commercial Taxes, Chennai, in the place of T.N. Venkatesh. Venkatesh will now be Joint Commissioner (Administration), Commercial Taxes Department, Chennai.
MC Joshi gets additional charge of CCIT-XII, Delhi..
MC Joshi, CCIT-IV, Delhi, has been given the additional charge of CCIT-XII, Delhi..
DK Singh posted as CIT (A) – 4, Chennai
Income Tax Commissioner DK Singh has been, on return from study leave, posted as CIT (A) – 4, Chennai.
BS Sandhu posted as CIT (A) Jalpaigiri
Income Tax Commissioner BS Sandhu has been, on return from deputation, posted as CIT (A) Jalpaigiri.
Bharat Tripathi transferred as CIT (OSD) Mumbai
Income Tax Commissioner Bharat Tripathi, CIT (RTI) Chennai has been transferred as CIT (OSD) Mumbai.
IAS officers transferred in Rajasthan
Rajasthan government has transferred seven IAS officers. Accordingly CS Rajan has been made Principal Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Sunil Kumar – Principal Secretary - Industries, State Corporations and NRI department and Chairman Rajasthan Industrial Development and Investment Corporation, Chandra Mohan Meena - Principal Secretary Medical Education, Ram Khiladi Meena - Principal Secretary Cooperatives department, Rajendra Bhagwat – Managing Director, Rajasthan Industrial Development and Investment Corporation, Rajat Kumar Mishra – Secretary to Chief Minister and Dinesh Kumar – Special Secretary to Chief Minister.
IAS in Rajasthan get addl charge
Naresh Pal Gangwar,  Special Secretary (Energy) has been given the additional charge of Rajasthan State Electricity Distribution Corporation Ltd, DR Venkateshwaran, Secretary has been given the additional charge of Managing Director, RUIDP and Alok, Secretary (Rural Development) will look after the additional charge of Commissioner, Rozgaar Guarantee Yojana (Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Rao appointed Director, CCMB
Molecular biologist Ch. Mohan Rao, has been appointed as director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
A.K.Garg  is CGM Mid Corporate group MCG
A.K.Garg on promotion has been appointed as Chief General Manager (CGM) Mid Corporate group (MCG) in State Bank of India (SBI).
 S.C.Jamir may get 2nd term as Governor
As the grapevine has it Governor Maharashtra S.C.Jamir may get second term as the Governor. Presently he is holding additional charge as Governor Gujarat. Indian Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh immensely likes him.
SCI observes vigilance awareness week
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.,(SCI) Mumbai of which Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) is S.Hajra had organized the vigilance awareness week 2009 (VAW 2009) from November 3 to 7 November 2009. SCI's regional offices had obseved the VAW 2009. Inaugurating the week at Mumbai, CMD of the Corporation S. Hajara had administered the vigilance pledge in English, Hindi and Marathi languages to all employees. The Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of SCI M.B. Sagar read out the messages from the dignitaries. After the pledge, the CMD released the 2nd issue of the vigilance division’s newsletter “SCI VOYAGER”. Various competitions like essay writing, speech, slogan, cartoon / poster competitions were conducted by the SCI's vigilance division in order to create the awareness about vigilance in the minds of the employees. A valedictory function of VAW 2009 was held on November 6, 2009 wherein all the winners of the various competitions were awarded
with cash prizes. For the first time, SCI's CVO M.B.Sagar introduced two new prizes.They were: rolling trophy to the Division / Department with maximum participation and maximum no. of prize winners and this trophy was won by the Finance & Accounts Division of SCI. Other prize was best vigilance officer of the year award. This award was won by Sunil Kumar Maddila, AM, Vigilance.
Services of Addl CIT – Delhi placed at disposal of DoPT
Consequent upon his selection for the appointment as Director in the Department of Personnel & Training, New Delhi, on deputation basis, the services of Sanjiv Shankar, Additional CIT, Delhi, have been placed at the disposal of the Department of Personnel & Training, New Delhi.
Services of Addl CIT – Delhi placed at disposal of Department of Disinvestment
Consequent upon her selection for the appointment as Director in the Department of Disinvestment under the Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, on deputation basis, the services of Mrs. Shivani Singh, Additional CIT, Delhi, have been placed at the disposal of the Department of Disinvestment, for five years. .

CORPORATE
SBI and SBI Indore merger by March
State Bank of Indore is likely to be merged with its associate State Bank of Indore by March..
Bhilai Steel Plant joins hands with POSDATA, Korea
With the signing of contract with M/s Posdata, Korea on November 10,2009; Bhilai Steel Plant, the first PSU Integrated Steel Plant to have successfully implemented Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) – SAP, has now taken up the implementation of MES, an Industrial IT tool for improvisation in production scheduling and optimization of manufacturing operations. The flagship unit of navratna PSU and steel major SAIL being headed by S.K.Roongta, thus joins the elite club of integrated steel majors such as POSCO-Korea, ISPAT who have already deployed MES to achieve ‘manufacturing excellence to enhance customer delight.’ The contract for Implementation of Manufacturing Execution System – (MES) between BSP, SAIL and M/s Posdata, Korea was signed in Bhilai on November 10, 2009 in the presence of R. Ramaraju, Managing Director, BSP-SAIL. The contract was signed by S.C. Anand, G.M (Projects) on behalf of BSP-SAIL and Dong Kil Youm Senior Vice-President on behalf of M/s Posdata. Present were Tanmay Roy, GM (C& IT) and Mrs. Ranjana Muley DGM I/c MES from BSP and Sung Hyun Baek Project Manger and Tae Heoun Kim Sales Manager from M/s Posdata.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Khoda’s case shows how and how much money by those in power is being made!!!!
How the Nation is being waylaid!!!! 
And like I said this ghoos khori ka jaal is far and wide!!!!
Fact is Khoda himself could not have taken the Nation for such a ride!!! 
Those involved are trying that no further digging is done!!!!
Especially a prominent Delhi Congressman and his son!! 
Khoda has the money and he will try to use it to get off the hook!!!
Rooked the Nation and now Justice he's going to try to rook!! 
Khoda has already played the political vendetta card like Netas do!!!!
The same slogan has been used by  Maya , Laloo, Mulayam, Amrinder, Badals too!!! 
All of them classify the cases as vendetta of the political type!!!!
They say the accusations are just hype!!!!! 
After being arrested Khoda will be out on bail in a month or two!!!!!
And then fight the cases in Courts which could take a decade or two and do what all Netas do!!!! 
Try to become politically relevant so that he could wiggle out!!!!!
Use his political relevance to get things sorted out!!! 
And I still cannot fathom how such  ahuge amount was deposited in the Bank in cash!
How many suitcases, the logistics, the counting this huge cash ka cache!!   
And how come IT was not alerted about this huge deposit???
Seems on the mandatory information to IT someone in the Bank chose to sit!!  
Madam Shiela Dixit really should be called Madam Fix it!!!
Despite Cops saying no to Manu’s parole request parole was fixed by Shiela Dixit!! 
She has the gratitude of Manu’s Dad!!!!
After all this is the least she could do for the ‘poor lad’!! 
And of course Shiela did not take any money for fixing Manu’s parole!!!
Though she’s been refusing paroles to majority as per a Tihar inmates poll!!!! 
Imagine inmates have been refused parole ‘when their presence was irreplaceable’!!!!
And as a ‘humane gesture’ the parole grant was placeable!!! 
Imagine this dolt’s parole was extended because of business needs!!!
Reason….. because more than a thousand mouths he feeds!! 
Murli Manohar Joshi is indeed the wrong choice as he’s old and a proven flop!!!
BJP reduced height he’ll further chop!! 
BJP does not need another windbag!!!!
Without a doubt he’ll make BJP further sag!! 
BJP needs a Leader with vision and charisma and who is young!!!!
But there’s no such leader in BJP, RSS or the Sangh!! 
So the best of the worst would be Jaitley or Sushma Swaraj!!
But this would make 95% of  BJP very naaraaj!! 
Or they can work on a Vajpayee clone and he’ll be ready in thirty years!!!!
And after he takes over BJP could dream of changing gears!! 
Till then BJP should try that rather than reverse in neutral gear it stays!!
And simply count the days!!! 
Confucius…. With BJP’s state one Institution in Democracy is missing!!!!
That is an Opposition which at the Government’s mistakes and misdeeds should be hissing!! 
Adds…. Like take price rise….. sugar is 40/ Kilo and Aam Aadmi is bitter!!!
But from the Opposition leave a shout there’s not even a twitter!!!!


Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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IS INDIAN BUREAUCRACY WORST IN THE WHOLE CONTINENT ?
This so called survey on corruption by so called experts........who are they and how are they entitled to sit in judgement? Usually such surveys are specious , motivated and paid for by foreign powers or multi national companies to promote their business interests. They rarely do surveys of corruption in the west. And why not? Look at the scandal still rocking the British parliament, the MPs false bills scam running into billions of pounds. Why is there no survey to denounce the English? Or is it that people with white skins cannot eat black money?
D Choudhury
Undoubtedly Indian bureaucracy is the most corrupt in the whole of Asia, as your survey report shows. I serve in EPFO (a statutory body under the Ministry of Labour). It is probably the most corrupt statutory body under the Central Govt. EPFO launched an ambitious computerisation project called "reinvent EPF India" which was sabotaged by the senior officers of EPFO, as a result of which it flopped and had to be abandoned in 2008.
D P Bhattacharya
Those who have travelled to the countries like Indonesia, Timor leste, Compodia who are ranked better in terms of efficiency of the Bureaucrats know that there is an element of truth in this whisper. Despite 62 years after independence and having an educated/enlightened bureaucracy, the feudal value system is still prevalent among the majority of decision makers (read IAS officers). These feudal values come in the way of a rational policy making processs which keeps the national interest in view. The entrenched caste system, highly regional and fragmented thinking and total lack of accountability of the those at various rungs of the governance system account for the results of teh survey under reference.
M Kumar
What do you expect when merit is superseded by caste and religion?
Jagdish R
Fire incidents are not uncommon but…
Fire incidents are not uncommon in oil depots but are always put out with in seconds by trained hands. Officers and staff of IOC are all trained fire fighters. How then did they allow 11 tanks to go on fire all together. If not sabotage, it is due to lack of training or the lethargy set in or failure of equipments due to bad maintenance. Many top brass come and inspect the depot frequently. How did they fail to observe any drawback? IOC should not be allowed to get away with an internal enquiry. Responsibility should be fixed not only on depot staff alone but on the top brass.
R K Khanna
MOF should look to itself
MOF talks of austerity ,but would not look at is own backyard. Thanks to Member P at CBDT , officers who have won their cases against transfer in appellate fora like CAT, are grounded as OSD , given no work but full pay. So you have 7 OSD Commissioners at Delhi itself. Cutting your nose to spite your face, what else? If MOF is not concerned about substantial wastage of government resources through its irrational policy, should not it be a matter for CVC to consider, being a patent vigilance case- substantial wastage of resources, that is ?
P K Das
TAIL-PIECE

MALE & FEMALE AT THE ATM MACHINE

A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads:

'Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.

Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts.

After months of careful research, MALE &FEMALE Procedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender.'

MALE PROCEDURE:
1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.

FEMALE PROCEDURE:
 
1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up..
6. Attempt to insert card into machine...
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt..
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25.. Redial person on cell phone..
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.

What is really funny is that most of this part is the truth!
 A lady sent it to me. She was laughing, too.