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Sam Pitroda to be inducted in the cabinet as Communications Minister
As the grapevine has it, Sam Pitroda - Advisor to Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh is poised to get a berth in the cabinet as Communications Minister. For his smooth sail he would be inducted in the Rajya Sabha as well.
Justice Bashir Ahmad to be Governor ?
Name of Justice Bashir Ahmad has started doing the round for the Governorship of a state.
R P Agrawal is not joining NEPA
Outgoing Secretary, Higher Education, R P Agrawal is not joining the NEPA. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Nayak to be JS Coal
S K Nayak is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary Coal in the Government of India. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.
Justice S.B.Sinha is TDSAT chief
Justice S.B.Sinha a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India (SCI) has assumed the charge as new Chairman Telecom Disputes Settlement And Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) .
(We said this on August 26, 2009)
N.K. Tripathi posted in J & K
Newly appointed Special DG CRPF N.K. Tripathi has been posted in J & K .He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Chhabra joins BPR&D
M K Chhabra has joined the BPR&D as IG.He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Orrisa cadre. Earlier he was posted in BSF.
Mrs. Vindhya Ramesh is DGM, Marketing & Communication in BoB
Mrs. Vindhya Ramesh has joined as D.G.M-Marketing & Communication in Bank of Baroda. Earlier, Mrs. Ramesh was posted as DGM-Operations in Bank of Baroda, Mumbai. Mrs. Ramesh has succeeded Naresh Sharma who has been transferred to Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
CBDT yet to amend its transfer policy
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is yet to amend its transfer policy.
P.C. Sabharwal empanelled for the post of Addl. DG
P.C. Sabharwal has been empanelled for the post of Additional DG in Government of India (GOI). Presently he is posted as IG, BPR&D.He is an IPS officer 1976 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.
Rakesh Jaruhar empanelled for the post of Addl. DG
Rakesh Jaruhar has been empanelled for the post of Additional DG in Government of India (GOI) . Presently he is posted as IG, BPR&D. He is an IPS officer 1976 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.
B.K. Sinha empanelled for the post of IG
B.K. Sinha has been empanelled for the post of IG in Government of India (GOI) . He is an IPS officer 1986 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre
Dr M. Ravi Kanth appointed Jt Secretary Power
Dr M. Ravi Kanth has been appointed as Joint Secretary Power in Government of India (GOI). A formal order will be issued within two to three days. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
Binita Thakur appointed as SP CBI
Ms Binita Thakur has been appointed SP in the CBI.She is 1996 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre., IPS (RJ:96)
Number of  DIGs to reduce in  Madhya Pradesh
In the wake of a recent cadre review of IPS officers in Madhya Pradesh the number of DIGs will go down from 30 posts to 25 posts .
Three CRPF officers promoted
Three CRPF officers Mssrs SMZ Rizvi,M P Nathenial and B K Sharma have been promoted and posted as IG(Ops) at Jorhat,IG O/O Spl. DG Office and IG Central Sector Lucknow respectively.
Vishwakarma joins CRPF as IG
Vishwakarma has joined CRPF as IG.He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Uddipta Ray retained as Goa Secretary Finance till March
Uddipta Ray, who is Secretary Finance in Goa, has been retained till March 2010. Ray is 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Diwan Chand relieved by Goa Government
The Goa Government has relieved Diwan Chand who was Secretary Social Welfare. He belongs to the 1995 batch & is from the UT cadre.
IDAS officer Mittal to join Commonwealth games
IDAS officer Mittal is joining the Commonwealth games Organising Committee.
Mrs. V Bhandari in Air India gets addl charge of Integration, Cell II, Mumbai.
Mrs. V Bhandari, ED Integration, Cell I, has been given additional charge of Integration, Cell II, Mumbai.
Vigilance Commissioner Ranjana Kumar to retire on December 1
Central Vigilance Commissioner Ranjana Kumar is retiring on December 1. She is former CMD of a nationalized bank.
Anand Mohan Addl CP East Delhi tipped to be DIG Daman
As the grapevine has it, Anand Mohan, Additional Commissioner of Police (CP), East Delhi, is tipped to be new DIG Daman. He is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Will Malhotra be Member of SAT ?
Name of Additional Secretary Law in the Government of India P K Malhotra has started doing the round for the post of Member Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).
Somnath Pal tipped to be a Director in MRPL
As the grapevine has it, Somnath Pal is tipped to be a Director on the board of Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL). He is a noted CA of Kolkata who is a expert in Excise & Customs Law.
Reallocation of work in the Law Ministry on the anvil
Distribution of work amongst the Additional. Secretaries in the Ministry of Law be take place shortly due to promotion of D.R. Meena to the post of Secretary of Law. It likely that present charges P.K. Malhotra Additional Secretary Law holds could be withdrawn and new charges given to him.
Suresh promoted in CBI
S Suresh has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI. He is 1995 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
New book of P V Rajgopal
P.V. Rajgopal former Director, National Police Academy, has brought the book, “The British, The Bandits and the Bordermen” which is an ‘autobiographical narrative’ of the life and times of Padma Vibhushan K F Rustamji IP, former DG BSF. The book recounts how Rustamji was responsible for the filing of the first Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in February 1979, the BSF role in scuttling Pakistan’s plan to hijack the plane piloted by Rajiv Gandhi, the liberation of Bangladesh, how the nose-chopping dacoit Gabbar Singh was killed exactly 50 years ago in November 1959 and why the Viceroy awarded him the police medal despite refusing to obey the British police officers’ orders,  during the Quit India Movement in 1942, to “batter the [Congress] bastards into submission.” The 428 page book is published by Wisdom Tree and is priced at Rs 495.
Jaipur fire in IOC depot leaves a trail of destruction
The inferno that gripped the pink city of Jaipur in panic due to a massive fire in oil depot of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has caused an irretrievable damage to Environment besides human beings.
GoI asks Meghalaya Government to abolish one post of DG
The Union home ministry has asked the Meghalaya Government abolish the post of DG (Prisons) created to accommodate Kulbir Krishan, after he was removed from the post of acting DGP. Kulbir Krishan is 1976 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Swaraj puri gets extension
Former DGP of Madhya Pradesh Swaraj Puri has been granted one year extension as Member of the Grievance Redressal Authority of Narmada Valley projects.
CSS officers shifted for promotion as Dy Secr
As many as four CSS officers have been shifted for promotion as Deputy Secretary. While AK Paul has been shifted from Water Resources to UPSC, KP Harikumar has been shifted from Overseas Indian Affairs to Social Justice and Emp (NCSC), VK Mehta from Corpoprate Affairs to Chemicals and Petro Chemicals and B Saravanan has been shifted from Defence to Science and Technology.
IDAS officer Sham Dev transferred
Sham Dev, (IDAS:1993) has been transferred from Zonal Audit Office, Chandigarh to CGDA's HQrs Office, CGDA, New Delhi.
W.M.S.Pariat is Chief Secretary Meghalaya
W.M.S.Pariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS)to Meghalaya Government has taken over as new Chief Secretary to Meghalaya Government. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch.
(We said this on MAy 29, 2009)
P.B.O. Warjri promoted as ACS in Meghalaya
P.B.O. Warjri who so far was Principal Secretary (PS) in Meghalaya has now been promoted as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) by the Meghalaya Government. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch.
I C Sharma gets additional responsibilities
The New Horizons India Limited (NHIL) is the engaged in providing high quality education and training.  NHIL is promoted by Shri Ram Group in Technical Collaboration with New Horizons Computer Learning Centre (NHCLC), USA.Mr. IC Sharma, Executive Director, New Horizons India Ltd. (NHIL), who is looking Business Development.  Now will be in addition to his existing responsibilities be the “NATIONAL HEAD” for the following:Corporate Administration, Property Rental Matters and Capex and Purchases.
Two IAS transferred in MP
Madhya Pradesh government has transferred two IAS officers. Those transferred include M. Shrivastava to District Collector Sagar and R. Pathak Collector Shivpuri.
MP Govt transfers two IPS officers
The Madhya Pradesh government transferred two IPS officers of the rank of SPs. Thopse transferred include D. Shriniwas to SP Indore and P.K. Mathur to SP Chattarpur.
Malhotra is new Member of BIFR
V K Malhotra has been appointed Member of the BIFR.He is retired 1970 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Alok Prasad joins as Deputy NSA
Alok Prasad has joined as Deputy NSA. He is 1974 batch IFS officer
(We said this on October 9, 2009)
A Raja to launch PLI's new drive
Indian Communication Minister A Raja is going to launch a drive on micro insurance being done by the Postal Life Insurance (PLI) as Sholumattam-Coimbatore on November 7, 2009.
EPI's Environment manual released by Vilas Rao Deshmukh
Vilas Rao Deshmukh Indian Minister for Heavy Industries releasing ‘ENVIRONMENT MANUAL’ of Engineering Projects (India) Limited (EPI), a Government of India Enterprise under the aegis of Department of Heavy Industries. On this occasion the Ministers appreciated EPI’s efforts for being the first PSU to release its own ‘ENVIRONMENT MANUAL.’ The manual describes the various issues related to Environment and the rules and regulations pertaining to Environment Protection and Environmental Clearance of the projects. The manual can indeed prove to be a very good facilitator for Companies dealing with Infrastructure Development towards environment protection and will be able to spread the message of environment protection and implement practices towards bringing about a clean and healthy environment Those present on the occasion includes Dr. Satyanarian Dash IAS, Secretay Heavy Industries, Saurabh Chandra, ASF, Rajiv Bansal Joint Secretary , R. Asokan, Director Integrated Finance Wing Department of Heavy Industries , S. P. S. Bakshi Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) EPI, A.K. Ratwani Director (Projects) EPI, G.D. Moorjani, Director (Finance) EPI & Naval Kishor CVO EPI.

CORPORATE
O.P.Bhutani’s elevation Director in BHEL soon
As the grapevine has it elevation of O.P.Bhutani as Director Research & Development (R & D) in BHEL is on the anvil. Presently he is executive Director (ED) International Operations.
Hari Narayanan is head in Japan
IT major Mahindra Satyam has appointed Hari Narayanan as head of new business development in Japan.
LIC bags NDTV PROFIT Business Leadership Award 2009 for the 4th consecutive time.

Life Insurance Corporation of India emerged as a winner of NDTV PROFIT – Business Leadership Award 2009 for the fourth time in a row. This prestigious award is with LIC right from the inception of the Awards.

NDTV Profit announced the winners of the prestigious NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2009 at a glittering ceremony at Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The function was graced by Union Finance Minister, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee on 26th October,2009.

The award now in its 4th year has emerged as the most credible and distinguished platform for the recognition of exceptional business performance and entrepreneurial abilities in India.

For LIC, this accolade is another feather in the cap as in the current year, it has already won the following awards :-

1. CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards 2009 for “Most Preferred Life Insurance Company of the Year”

2. Outlook Money NDTV Profit –“Best Life Insurer Award 2009’’.

3. Asia Pacific HRM Congress - Innovative HR practices Award 2009.

4. Most Trusted Brand in the Insurance Category in the survey conducted by Economic Times with AC Nielsen.

5. Super Brand India 2009-10

6. Readers Digest Trusted Brand Award 2009- Platinum Category.
SAIL joins hands with BITS-Pilani
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)with Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani in Delhi on November 5, 2009. The MoU, which focuses on strengthening industry-academic interface with the objective of fostering collaboration between the two institutions to promote academic and research interactions, was signed by S.P. Patnaik, Executive Director (HRD), Management Training Institute SAIL and Prof. G. Sundar, Dean, Practice School Division, BITS, in the presence of SAIL Director (Personnel) G. Ojha. SAIL’s Management Training Institute (MTI) has earlier entered into MoUs with IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Indore, MDI-Gurgaon, ISMU-Dhanbad, SKF Bearings Ltd., Siemens Ltd. and Bosch Rexroth. Inking of the MoU with BITS-Pilani is another significant milestone in the HRD efforts of SAIL in collaborating with leading institutions of the country which have global presence.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Inflation could reach 10% very soon and Pawar is to blame!!
He’s  been busy politicking or ‘making hay as the sun shines’ or engrossed with a game!!! 
Had he kept his eye on the ball pre-emptive measures could have been taken!!!!
But Pawar was too engrossed in other activities and to the looming agri woes he did not awaken! 
Now India is going to import rice!!!!!!
And just the news of this has spurted in International Market’s rice’s price!! 
Just imagine non basmati rice was exported in the name of Basmati!!!!
Many including yours truly had said ‘kharab hai Sarkaar ki matti’!!!! 
Like the tobacco Industry the Rice Industry too must have done the needful!!!
May have used the tried and tested way to 'get the required political pull'!!! 
Economics demands that interest rates keeps in step with inflation rate!!!!
And Interest rate hikes Markets do hate!!!! 
So all in all despite the rosy pic your share broker would still be painting!!!
There is a possibility our Economy could be ‘fainting’!! 
Deficit is running amuck and very soon liquidity the RBI will have to suck!!!!
So be careful otherwise your hard earned money down the drain you could chuck!!! 
The Sensex will go down to 11,500 or even more!!!
And many Portfolios this fall will gore!! 
Coming back to NCP……. Praful says NCP will definitely be part of the Maharashtra Sarkaar!!!
And has trashed Bhujbal’s statement that NCP will give support from bahaar (outside)!!! 
And when he said 'definitely' Praful stressed very hard on it!!!!
To keep NCP in the reckoning doing his bit!!! 
In Delhi NCP is a marginal Party and in Maharashtra too it’s been reduced in stature!!!
Got lesser seats this time in Maharashtra’s Legislature!!!! 
Now Mumbai Municipal elections will be the next battlefield!!!!!!
And from the General Ward it is in after recent elections into ICU NCP will be wheeled! 
Guv has put Congress and NCP on notice on Sarkaar's formation!!!!
Why doesn't he use the suggested Naga formulation (yesterday's Aawaz)??? 
Yeddy will meet Advani and Rajnath in Delhi today and he’s in for some wing clipping!!!
In favour of the Bellary Reddy’s the scales are now tipping!! 
But with what face can ‘losers’ Advani and Rajnath order Yeddy to relent????
For the losses they’ve made BJP go through these two refuse to repent!! 
Why did the Services Team not turn up for the Ranjhi match in Srinagar?????
Did they arrive at the wrong Srinagar????? 
Farroukh was hopping mad!!!
And he breathed fire saying for the image that J&K was projecting this was bad and sad!! 
Whoever is behind this ‘walkover’ being given by the Services team should be taken to task!!!
Of course with ‘terror warnings ’ his decision this dolt will mask!!! 
If Indian Army is scared to play in Srinagar then what message is being sent!!!
India’s claims that Valley is normalizing this does dent!! 
In Elhanabad by SP Sanjay Dutt has been let loose!!!!
What’s he going to tell the Public because all that he can talk about is gals, drugs and booze!! 
In fact Dutt is an example of ‘ a lad from a decent background gone wonky’!!!
Rather than electioneering in a SUV the mode of transportation he deserves is a donkey!! 
They say birds of a feather flock together and that is why Amar and Dutt are on bro terms!!!!
Though many will disagree with 'birds of a feather' and say its ‘ worms’!!! 
Confucius says……. Sachayee chup nahi sakthi just because one has paisa!!
In the end sachaayee does come out and hamesha hotha hai aisa!!
Flash.... Note counting machines have been found in Khoda's pad!!
Seems he had to count notes ka wad after wad!!!
Khoda has used the standard ploy politicians use to avoid being questioned or arrested!
Five star Hospitals are prepared for such cases and standard response is patient is being tested!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Selection of Member PESB must be in public domain !!!
As a former Secretary of PESB, I have witnessed a conscious attempt being made by the GOI at gradually diluting its importance over a period of time. Though designated as an autonomous Board, its status is reduced to a limb of DOPT, worse than a subordinate office. Reasons are not far to seek. Arm-twisting, appointing persons with pliable conscience so that the executives having support of extra-constitutional authorities could be fixed. All PSU executives including their board Members would endorse this view but only ‘secretly’ and ‘stoically’, bound as they are by the Conduct Rules!
The latest circular of DOPT (2008) lays down the following rules of the game:-
The P.E.S.B shall consist of a part-time or full-time Chairperson and three full-time Members. The Chairperson and Members shall be persons who have had a long and distinguished career in management of public or private corporations or public administration and have a proven record of achievements, preferably, in the field of personnel, finance, production or marketing. The three full-time Members of P.E.S.B shall be:
( a)A distinguished serving or former Chief Executive of a Public Sector or Private Sector or Joint Sector Enterprise.
( b)A distinguished person with experience in selection of Top Management personnel.
(c) A distinguished serving or former Civil servant with experience in management of PSEs or in areas of finance, industry or economic affairs
The PESB is presently headed by an IAS officer assisted by two full –time Members :One a former Chairman of SAIL and the other a retired IAS officer.
As per your website report (Oct,4,09) ,a panel of two Secretaries has been constituted for shortlisting some 50 applications.
In the interest of transparency and fair-play, may I urge upon the Hon’ble Prime Minister through this forum to put the entire process of scrutiny upto its logical culmination, in the public domain.The DOPT as the proponent of RTI Act ( though It behaves like its adversary) must learn to live by example and display the details of all 50 applicants on their website,along with criteria for short-listing and details of short-listed candidates.This will be a good signal to the central PSUs too.
K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Is it actual reality >
Some one pose a question whether Koda could have done al the purported mischief alone without the help of bureaucracy? It seems that the question has been posed by some rank outsider who doesn’t knows how the bureaucracy works. My simple answer is bureaucrats would have either turned blind eyes (incase he/she is supposedly an honest officer) or would have actively colluded ( if he/she is a blue-eyed one). That is how the whole system is working. But mind you, what is coming out in the press or whatever is being told to us may not be the actual reality. We have elections in the Jharkhand very soon. Wait and watch what happens to all these cases after the elections are over. Do you still remember the 'fodder scam', 'bitumen scam' etc. etc. etc. Indian neta and bureaucrat is invincible, only the Janta pays price for its own follies.
M B

I feel concerned !
I feel concerned with Ex-CM, Jharkhand, who has been hospitalised in Apollo Hospital. The fact remains that Appolo Hospital is very prominent having such patients admitted in it. Perhaps, for better and timely treatment. But its duty of the government to keep watch on the security of Ex-CM to avoid any unprecedented untoward happens. Ex-CM might be ignorant for many thing happened in his name and need to be thoroughly investigated before arriving at the final decision. The fact remains that it is not a small issue and certainly, only one person may never go at such a height except businessman family.
H S Bhalla
Mani is right
Mani Shankar Ayier is absolutely right when he condemns India’s decision to waste hundreds of thousands crores of rupees of tax payers money on a wasteful extravaganza called the Commonwealth Games. What is even more shocking to learn from him on a T.V. talk show was that India paid One Million pounds to each of the white Commonwealth countries(Canada , Britain ,Australia etc) in order to swing the vote. This was called payment for training. In Queens English this is ordinarily called a bribe. Who has ever heard of a Third World country having to bribe First World countries? Have we gone insane? Comrade Suresh Kalmadi of National Games fame , has minted so much money through holding of successive National Games that he could print his own currency notes like the Princely States of old. Now there is this bogus drama of posting only corrupt IAS officers with tainted reputations to man the Commonwealth Games in key positions. The ulterior motives are there for all the world to see .The final bill will only hasten the Maoist takeover of our country. As Mani says it is all for the sake of false prestige and I might add, very real black money. This event will be a golden opportunity for money laundering by converting black money into white. Remember Dr.Manmohan Singh promised us clean a government. Did he mean money laundering? I get so confused these days. Billions of rupees will be printed and inflation will sky rocket. The poor will starve to death and Dr. Manmohan Singh will adjust his spectacles and make a learned speech lasting 45 minutes (or when the bell rings ,whichever is earlier)on Poverty Alleviation in Third World countries.
D Choudhury

Civil services officers are not inherently adventurous
Bala ====the Civil services officers are not inherently adventurous and risk taking.Further please study epigenetics and environment.The civil service environment is stultifying and is not innovative; politicians add their"---" to it to further move it into a stress ful and compressed unrecognised much hated situation.
Rajagopal

Congrats viswanathan T.K
Do you strum Gitar still?

Rajagopalan

DTC fare hike
DTC has started looting the commuters from today. Rs.5 is just for entering the bus and the distance is very less when compared to Rs.3 earlier. In the absence of Rs.7 ticket; it is a good income for the persons who are running the private buses. On the other day some politicians enacted a good drama of agitation against the fare hike. On the whole, this fare hike is illogic when compared to the fares in Chennai and Mumbai. This flat rate of Rs.5/10 and 15 is to the convenience of the conductor as he can sit without moving and make the passengers run for purchasing the ticket.

Raju