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Will Ramdas move to New India Insurance ?
Chairman of the Oriental Insurance M Ramdas is likely to move to the New India Insurance Company.
Raj Babbar and Jagan to join Union Cabinet ?
Newly elected Lok Sabha Member Raj Babbar and Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, son of late AP CM YSR, are expected to be inducted into the union cabinet.
Bhupinder Prasad declines proposal ?
Additional Secretary Justice Ms Bhupinder Prasad was to be appointed Secretary Ministry of Overseas affairs .If insiders are to be believed 1976 batch UT cadre IAS officer Ms Prasad herself opted out of the proposal. Now she has got in-situ promotion in the Department of Justice.
1975 batch IAS to be posted as Secretary Overseas Affairs
1975 batch IAS officer is reportedly being posted as Secretary Overseas Affairs in place of K Mohan Das. Mohan Das has moved as Secretary Shipping.
Three 1976 batch IAS officer promoted in GoI
Only three IAS officers belonging to 1976 batch have been promoted to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. They are Mssrs R C Mishra, Vibha Puri and Ms Bhupinder Prasad.
Sanjeev Kumar appointed Jt.Secretary Social Justice & Empowerment
Sanjeev Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India (GOI). He is an Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer of the 1986 batch.
V.S. Bhaskar appointed as DDG UIDA, Hyderabad
V.S. Bhaskar has been appointed as Deputy Director General (DDG) Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Hyderabad, Government of India. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Assam Meghalaya (AM) cadre. At present he is Secretary Sports to the Assam Government.
J.R.K. Rao appointed as DDG UIDA
J.R.K. Rao has been appointed as Deputy Director General (DDG) Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Planning Commission, Government of India. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
Review of IPS officers of 1978 batch held
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reviewed cases of IPS officers of 1978 batch.
Empanelment of 1986 and 1987 batch IPS soon
Empanelment of 1986 and 1987 batch IPS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place in a month or two.
1996 batch IAS officials to be entitled for Director post
1996 batch IAS officials will now be entitled for the post of Director in the Government of India from July 1, 2010.
DPC for promotion of R & AW officers soon
As the grapevine has it, DPC meeting for promotion of R&AW officers from the rank of Joint Secretary to Additional Secretary is going to be held shortly. If Additional Secretary posts are not there then insitu promotion will be given to promoted officers.
Ms.Pragya Richa Shrivastava is Director Civil Aviation
Ms.Pragya Richa Shrivastava has been appointed as Director Civil Aviation.She is an IPS officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Vijay Kumar ex ED Air India tipped to member AERA
As the grapevine has it, Vijay Kumar, ex-Executive Director (ED) of the Air India is tipped to be a member of the  Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) of which maiden Chairman is Yashwant S. Bhave.
A K Srivastava is new Joint Secretary Revenue
Anoop Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as Joint Secretary, in the Department of Revenue. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Savita Anand is Joint Secretary Land Resources
Ms . Savita Anand has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Land Resources in the Government of India. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Arun Kumar Malhotra is OSD to Sukhbir Singh Badal
Arun Kumar Malhotra has joined as Delhi based OSD to Sukhbir Singh Badal Deputy Chief Minister Punjab. Earlier Malhotra was OSD to Vinod Khanna ex-Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Charanjeet Singh Atwal ex-Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha.
IPS postings in Sikkim
O H Subba, Addl. DGP/HQ, will look after the work of Headquarter and Armed Police in Sikkim. T. Norbu, Addl. DGP/Planning, Modn. & CSS, will hold the additional charge of Fire & Emergency Services.
KK Gupta to be Director (Production) ITI !
K K Gupta is being tipped to be new Director (Production) of the ITI. The PESB has put Gupta number one in the panel.
PS Bhasin is CGM Kerala Circle
PS Bhasin who so far was Chief General Manager (CGM) SMEs, in State Bank of India (SBI), has been shifted as CGM Kerala circle.
Agarwal to be CVO, Oil India
Vinod Agarwal – IAS (JH: 1980) who served as Joint secretary in Ministry of Social justice & Empowerment is likely to be appointed as CVO in Oil India Ltd, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
Promotion of IGs in RPF after induction of two IPS
Promotion of DIGs to the rank of IG will happen only after induction of two IPS officers of the West Bengal cadre on central deputation. They are: Shivaji Ghosh & Amarjeet Nalwa
Norms for selection of SC judges to be modified
As the grapevine has it, norms for selection of Supreme Court (SC) judges are reportedly being modified.
Will Sunil Gupta be JS CBDT?
Name of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sunil Gupta has started doing the round for the post of Joint Secretary in the CBDT. Gupta is an IRS officer of the 1987 batch. The post has fallen vacant after the departure of Arvind Modi.
Anil Goswami tipped to be Additional Secretary in GOI
As the grapevine has it, Anil Goswami - Principal Secretary, Commerce & Industries (C & I) with the Jammu & Kashmir Government, is tipped to be a Additional secretary in the Government of India (GOI). He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
Resentment brewing in the Railway Ministry
As the grapevine has it, resentment is brewing in the Indian Railway Ministry due to setting up a highly empowered committee that is being headed by Amit Mitra Secretary General of FICCI.
IPS officer dismissed
1976 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre Ravikant Sharma has reportedly been dismissed from service.
Delay in appointment of LIC Directors
As the grapevine has it, there is a delay in appointment of two non-official Directors that in the LIC. As of now six posts of non-official Directors are lying vacant in the LIC.
Sekhon becomes PSO to Chief of Army Staff
Lt. Gen AS Sekhon DG MO has been made the 8 th PSO to the Chief of Army Staff.
10 posts of Director vacant in Indian P&T Account and Finance Service
As many as 10 posts of Director are vacant in the Junior Administrative grade of Indian P&T Account and Finance Service at New Delhi.
Encashment of earned leave alongwith LTC
Central Government employees governed by CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 who are entitled to LTC but opt for the facility of LTC provided to their spouses employed in PSUs/Corporation/Autonomous Bodies etc. and those who are otherwise not entitled to LTC, on account of their spouse being employed in Indian Railways/National Airlines, are entitled to leave encashment while availing the LTC facility of their spouse/privilege passes/concessional tickets of their spouse on fulfillment of all the conditions as stipulated in Rule 38-A of the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 twice in a four years block of LTC.
Cabinet okays revamped cadre of IFS in Tamil Nadu
The state cabinet of Tamil Nadu has endorsed recently modified cadre of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers belonging to the state. Tamil Nadu has cadre strength of 90 IFS officers.
13 IPS officers of 1975 batch empanelled in review
As many as five IPS officers belonging to the 1975 batch in review were reportedly empanelled to the rank of DG in Government of India (GOI). They are Mssrs Nandan Dubey and D.G.Kapdeo (Madhya Pradesh), Swaranjeet Singh (Haryana), K.S.Bains (Rajasthan), B.V.Singh (Haryana), Rakesh Jaruhar (Jharkhand), Prem Chand Sabharwal, R.K.Tiwari (Uttar Pradesh), Deepak Swarup (Gujarat), Alok Joshi (Haryana), , K.S.Shankaranarayan (West Bengal), U S Dutt (Bihar) & M.N Achyutanandan Rao (Karnataka).
CCIT Kanpur posted as DGIT (Vigilance) Delhi
Upon her appointment as CVO of Income Tax, Sudha Sharma – IRS (IT : 76), CCIT Kanpur, has been posted as DGIT (Vigilance), Delhi, for three years.
CCIT Lucknow gets additional charge
CCIT Lucknow , SC Gangwar, will hold the additional charge of CCIT Kanpur and CCIT Gaziabad.
CCIT-IV Delhi gets additional charge
MC Joshi, CCIT-IV, Delhi, has been given the additional charge of CCIT Dehradun.
Inside story on Babri Masajid episode
The following story was done by our Editor in Chief Dr Suresh Mehrotra in "Free Press Journal" which is self explanatory:-

Maj Gen Marwaha is new GoC 15th Core
Maj Gen N C Marwaha is joining on Thursday as GoC 15th Core Srinagar.
Maj Gen Sumer Singh to join as GoC 16th Core
Major General Sumer Singh is joining as GoC 16th Core Udhampur.
Lt Gen Roy to be ADG MO
Lt Gen Roy is going as ADG Military Operations in the Army Headquarters.
Shantonu Aditya quits Bloomberg-UTV
Shantonu Aditya Chief xecutive Officer (CEO)Bloomberg-UTV has quit.
Kamal Jain promoted in  DNA
Kamal Jain  Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of English newspaper titled "Daily News and Analysis"(DNA) has been promoted as printer and publisher.
Shamik Talukder joins Radio Mirchi
Radio Mirchi has roped in Shamik Talukder to head its national activations.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

As Harish Salve says the Liberhan Committee Report is a sordid joke!!!
And 17 years and Rs. 8 crores this sordid joke did soak!!! 
Now they should appoint a Committee as to why it took so long!!!!
Such an extraordinary delay is indeed wrong!!
And then they should appoint a Committee on the leak!!!!
How is it that in such Reports the Media invariably gets a peek???
Speaking of the leak now some say BJP got a portion of the Report and leaked it!!!
BJP needed an issue as twiddling its thumbs an issueless BJP karr rahi thi sit!!
The leak was either from PC’s Office or at the source!!!!
In either place someone close to BJP ‘portion of the Report’ was able to source!!
‘The Source’ some say could have leaked part of the Report to ensure its tabled!!
He got wind that by Congress as ‘unsuitable’ the Report had been labeled!!!
Report was submitted in July but it was not tabled!!!!
As by Congress’s legal eagles as ‘unsuitable’ the report was labeled!!
And then if the Report had been tabled prior to Maharashtra election!!!!!
BJP and Sena would have made with its Hindu Vote bank connection!!!!
Maybe after Advani left HM the combination in HM’s safe was unchanged!!!
File was stagnating on getting combination changed!
Like in then Defense Ministry even in HM files move slower that the slowest turtle!!!
Yes if there is a vested interest then at breakneck speed the files hurtle!!
Delay….. rumored that Commissions progress was in line with political climate!
And that is why Report got late and late!!
And insiders also say Liberhan got his pound of flesh from every Government!!!
For him out of the way sources say Governments went!!
How was Vajpayee’s name included when his side was not heard???
Liberhan not calling Vajpayee and including him in the Report is legally weird!!
Liberhan has classified Vajpayee as ‘pseudo moderate’!!!!
This classification as ‘deranged’ many rate!!!
Rao’s been let off on the grounds that it’s well known he took forty winks all the time!
And taking naps and dreaming during the naps is not a crime!!
In the end Congress will indulge in chest beating and BJP will become the kicked underdog!!!
And ‘overworked’ Justice Liberhan whose been at it for 17 years will sleep like a log!!!
Issues like prices, Khoda and CBI refusing the divulge Q’s info took a backseat!
With this selective leak with one stick kiya teeno ko beat!!
But I still feel BJP’s behind this leak as it’s got a lot to gain!!!!
For Congress this report is more of a pain!!
Amar Singh says ‘ Kalyan Singh ne Masjid ka taaala khola khola khola’!!!!
Then that would mean for Muslims gandha ho gaya SP ka chola chola chola!!!
SP ne Muslims ka trust thodha, thodha , thodha!!!
Because with the one who opened the Masjid locks SP ne rishta tha joda, joda, joda!!!!
They say Amar is irked with Mulayam as he feels Mulayam has not reigned in Amar baiters in SP!
Amar Feels from DGP he’s been demoted to a mere SP!!!
But Mulayam knows he cannot irk Amar Singh!!!
Amar has the key to Mulayam’s cupboard of skeletons and into Public domain the skeletons he can bring!!
Pawan Bansal gave Rs. 5 Lakhs from MPLAD funds for a squash court to a Golf Club!!!
Craftily with his measures to make Chandigarh a tourist haven kiya iss donation ko club!
In the end the squash court was not made as the Club did not have permission to make one!
Through the ‘due diligence mill’ the request he did not run!!!
Imagine without permission construction work started!!!!
And with 50% of the earmarked amount ‘the system’ parted!!!
He got a sidekick who is a partner in a Courier Company nominated as a SBI Director!
This is the inside dope on a person who is anti Roddy campaign's Director!!
Bottom line is if Roddy goes then Bansal (from Cabinet) and Mehra should go too!!!!
And in due course many will realize that at an honest man they did boo!
Bansal and Mehra roped in a NGO and the Media was used!!!
And for self interests an honest man was abused!!
Mohna’s rolled out the red carpet for US Greenback!!!
All that will come in is ‘hot $’ that travel fast and even faster boriya bisstar these $ do pack!!!
And Nuka Deal will be finalized next year!!
India will by then be able to address ‘US’s nuclear fuel reuse’ fear!!!
Confucius says…..History is a witness that US has been the irresponsible one!!!!
But then like they say ‘jiss ki laathi by him the buffalo is won’!!!!
Flash.... and the ATR shows Congress's mind!!!!
In the ATR no 'action is taken' is what one does find!
Liberhan Report has given doobtha Advani ko tinke ka sahaara!!
In fact its like BJP has found an Oasis in its self made Sahaara (desert)!!
Bharat Kumar

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IIS INDIAN BUREAUCRACY WORST IN THE WHOLE CONTINENT ?
Bureaucracy in India can be judged as efficient or inefficient depending upon which side of the spectrum you are. If you are a rich, powerful and well connected individual then our bureaucracy would generally attend to you very efficiently as is epitomised by the 'Manu Sharma Parole Case'. On the other hand if you are a commoner or an individual without 'right connections' you are likely to encounter a largely inefficient and 'arrogant' bureaucracy with some honorable exceptions.
The Second issue is whether this system is going to improve any time soon? My answer would be plane no as the 'colonial power system' suits all the powerfull lobbies who can indulge in plan loot without any accountability. Who would is likely to kill a golden goose? Since the present system is largely opaque and non-accountable it serves every vested interest to sustain it and hence any large scale changes in it are hardly expected. Yes some cosmetic changes would be done here and there to let the steam pass as was allowed by Britsh under A O Hume formula.
Long live India & Long live its bureaucracy.
MB

Corruption in this country should not only be limited to taking bribe and undue favours from the private sector. Corruption should also include misuse of officials office in the form of taking perks and other facilities over & above your entitlement and also from the public sector undertakings and subordinate/attached offices of the Government. There is need to set up watch dog sort of a regulatory body to curb misuse of office perks & facilities by the Ministers/Officials. Then only we will be able achieve our ultimate objective of having a clean environment.
A retired Civil Servant

Height of technocratic bureaucracy in NIC
India is also known for its technocratic bureaucracy which is worse than bureaucrats. NIC is a leading IT organisation where all sort of corrupt practices are in full swing such as manipulations of ACRs on mass scale, Transfers without transfer policy, making second division PG qualified persons as Scientist-F and Scientist-G etc. Despite all court orders, CIC rulings , no change is perceptible in NIC and scores of sincere officers are harassed and damaged in various ways. Is there someone in the government / media who will look into the complaints made against all such matters in NIC and redress them.
JJR Singh

MEA ignores constitution
The Ministry of External Affairs ignores the constitution and has a systematized practice of non-observance of constitutional quotas for SC/ST/OBCs and bringing in a promotion policy (Menon Policy) to deny promotion of SC/ST/OBCs to level of Joint Secretary and above.
Under the new promotion policy, 10 years ACR would be considered for promotion to the level of Joint Secretary and above. Officers of SC/ST/OBCs can be easily denied promotion by giving them a grading of Very Good. Simple denial of outstanding would be sufficient ground to deny promotion to SC/ST/OBC and no questions would be asked. Prime Minister needs to change this promotion policy.
An IFS Officer

An appeal to Corporation Bank
I opened  an  a/c  in Corporation Bank which had ATM + cheque dropping facility at Kendriya Vihar. However,  for past few months  it has withdrawn cheque dropping  box  causing lot of  inconvenience to  old ladies  and pensioners like me . As Kendriya Vihar Society  has given  Corporation Bank place for ATM at cheapest rent, may I request Prez Vohraji  and other members to impress upon Corporation Bank to reinstall cheque dropping  box. In fact , Bank workers visit ATM regularly so if they collect cheques
also for banks, it's small thing  but  for  sick & oldies like me it's a  great help .
A 72 year  old   lady
PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO
If today these posts have been created, certainly it is at the cost of Steno D/Steno C/PS – as these posts have been abolished as a match saving for the post of PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO. When it comes to work, these persons simply say that they are not supposed to take dictation but to attend to telephones and other normal works which an ordinary UDC can do. Dictation and other important works are be borne by a fresh Gr.D or PA. Then what is the use of big posts with bulky salary. It would be better in the interest of work and efficiency; DOPT create more vacancies in PA and PS so that number of PA and PS are there to do the actual work when posted with senior officers in place of these supervisors.
Raju
Agarwal should please go through the DoP&T website and he will be aghast to see the dead/retired person still in the Seniority List. There is no revision of list as far as Steno'D' Seniority is concerned for more than three years. By the way DoP&T is directly under PM.
Rashid Jalil

Chidamabaram should take some hardcore and realistic decisions
Government has accorded approval for engagement of Ex Servicemen for 100 posts of Sub Inspectors and 2000 posts of Constables in CRPF on contractual basis for one year. That makes up about two battalions of military trained manpower which is but peanuts. CRPF is primarily an Internal Security Force and more than 200 such battalions have been raised in past few years. The gambit of CPOs as a Central Force is required to be seen in totality and in long time perspective. All CPOs need to be Para-militarised (meaning that their Constables and officer's training needs to be militarised to impart limited offensive capabilities to them). All CPOs need these capabilities so that the Country could meet the Chinese challenges within the Country as also on borders. That is the only way out. Measures such as the one adopted is a knee jerk reaction and adhocism not capable of producing desired results. The only way out is parallel induction of Short Service Officers and Army trained manpower into CPOs after they have put in five to seven years service in the Army. The entire Command structure of the Forces needs to be changed accordingly. The nation and its internal and external security can not be compromised to keep IPS lobby happy. It has already caused sufficient damage to the vital of the Security of the Country. It is expected that Chiddamabaram will take some hardcore and realistic decisions rather than wilt down to IPS pressures. I hope some sense prevails.
Rajiv