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83 IAS officers shifted in Gujarat (Updated)
As many as 83 IAS officers were shifted by the Gujarat Government in late evening on November 7, 2009. Those who have been transferred are: B.K.Sinha on return from Central Deputation Principal Secretary (PS) Port & Transport , S.K. Das Secretary Narmada Water Supply & Chairman Gujarat State Sewerage Board, G.S.Gadhvi Managing Director (MD) Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation, R.K.Tripathi PS Agriculture & Cooperation, P.N. Ray Chaudhary PS General Administration department (GAD), S. Chandrasekhar DG Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA), Dr.Varesh Sinhas PS Labour & Employment,
R.M.Patel PS Rural Housing, R.S.Saxena PS Science & Technology (S & T ), Rajesh Kishore PS Health, Ms. Vijay Laxmi Joshi Commissioner Public Health , Amitabh Bhattacharya on return from Central Deputation to Commissioner Land records, S.Jagdeeshan MD Sardar Sarovar Nigam, D.J.Pandian PS Energy & Petrochemicals, J.R.Aloria Joint MD Sardar Sarovar Nigam, Tapan Ray MD Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited (GSPC), Sujit Gulati Development Commissioner, Raj Kumar Secretary Civil Supplies, Poonam Chand Parmar Chairman Gujarat Khadi Board, Pankaj Kumar Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gujarat Maritime Board, Vipul Mitra Secretary Tourism & Devsthanam, J.S.Patel Secretary Rural Industries, B.B. Swain Industries Commissioner,
Mukesh Puri Special Commissioner Commercial Tax, K. Srinivas Joint MD Sardar Sarovar Nigam, Ms.Anju Sharma Director National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), S.J. Haider MD Gujarat Urban Development Corporation, J.P.Gupta Transport Commissioner, V.Thiruphuzhas on return from Australia(where he was on a study leave) Commissioner Information, Bhagyesh Jha Secretary Youth Affairs & Culture , Atan Chakravarty Secretary Finance, Dr.Rajeev Gupta Secretary Animal Husbandary to hold additional charge of Department of Climate changes, C.V.Som Commissioner School Education & Mid Day Meal (MDM), Vinod Rao Commissioner Cottage Industries, District Development Officers (DDOs) who got new postings were Rahul Gupta -Ahmedabad, Ms. Shalini Agrawal -Tapi, K.K.Nirala-Surendra Nagar, P.K.Solanki Amreli , Ms. Awantika Singh- Anand , Rupwant Singh – Bharauch, M.B. Patel- Banaskantha, H.n.Thakar –Dahod, M.A.Gandhi – Gandhinagar, Rajesh Manju –Daang, Bancha Nidhi Pani –Junagarh, Ms. Sandhya Bhullar- Panchmahal, N..B. Upadhyaya- Rajkot, J.M. Sewak
–Sabarkaantha, J.V. Vora- Surat, Harshad Patel- Pathan , Panugu Matia Bharti- Valsad, Ranjit Kumar – Bhavnagar, Dr Vikrant Pande – Narmada district.Collectors with new postings are: D.G.Jhalwaria- Bhavnagar, Dr.S. murali Krishna- Kheda, Lochan Shahra- Dahod, sandeepKumar – Jaamnagar, K..M. Parmar- Junagarh, M.Thenarsan- Kutch, D.P. Joshi- Nasari, Jay Prakash Shivhare- Sabarkaantha, A.J. Shah- Surat,N.P.Thakkar- Valsad, R.P.Kanwar Project Director Sarwa Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), P.Swarup Commissioner Municipal Corporation Jamnagar, Dilip Rawal Registrar Cooperative Societies, S.B.Rawal MD Western Gujarat Electricity Corporation, R.R.Varsani Director Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Ahmedabad, Ashwani kumar Joint
Secretary Tribal Development, R. M. Jadhav Director Employment & Training , Shekhar Vidhyarthi Deputy Secretary Planning, R.C.Meena Joint Secretary Health, K.N.Bhatt Additional Secretary Urban Development, R.V.Dave Joint Secretary Agriculture & G.B.Patel Deputy Secretary.


IPS changes in Gujarat (Updated)
As many as 19 IPS officers were shifted by the Gujarat Government in late evening on November 7, 2009. Those who have been transferred are: Kuldeep Sharma Managing Director (MD) Sheep & Wool Corporation , Chitrajan Singh Additional DG Anti Corruption, Amitabh Pathak ADG State Human Rights Commission, Pramod Kumar ADG Administration, Shivanand Jha Commissioner of Police Surat, H.P. Singh IG- Jail, G.K.Parmar Joint Director An ti Corruption, Atul Karwal Joint Commissioner of Police(JCP) Ahmedabad, Satish Sharma JCP Ahmedabad, Vikas Sahay Deputy Director General Raksha Shakti University, Mohan Jha JCP(Traffic) Ahmedabad, K.L.N.Rai Executive Director State Road Transport Corporation, Pravin Singh- IG Junagarh, Sidhraj Bhati –Police Training School (PTS) Vadodra, A.K.Singh IG Surat, J.K.Bhatt IG Vadodra, Arun Sharma IG Gandhinagar , Ashish Bhatia- IG Ahmedabad & B.D.Waghela IG Law & Order.
All Chairman of RRB changed
Chairman of all the 19 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB ) have been changed.
Mathew is JS (Finance ) Space
P.J. Mathew has been appointed as Joint Secretary (Finance) in the Department of Space. He is 1983 batch IA&AS officer.
Bhupendra Singh gets extension
Joint Secretary Textiles in the Government of India, Bhupendra Singh has been granted extension in tenure till March 31,2010.He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Thakral gets extension till February
Joint Secretary Mines Vinod Kumar Thakral has been given extension in tenure till February 3,2010. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Sudha Krishnan is JS & FA Urban Development
Ms Sudha Krishnan has been appointed as Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Urban Development .She is 1983 batch IA&AS officer.
Rakesh Gupta is in Ajmer as Addl Commissioner of CBDT
Rakesh Gupta a Central Board of Direct taxes (CBDT) officer of the 1992 batch has joined as Additional Commissioner of CBDT with charge of Ajmer Range 1. He will also hold Additional charge of Ajmer -2 range as well as Bhilwara range.
Diwakar Mishra gets new posting in Assam
Diwakar Mishra who so far was Principal Secretary (PS)of North Cachhar. Hills has been posted as Additional Secretary Panchayati Raj & Rural Development.  He is an IAS officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
DPC to promote SPS to IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh
DPC will meet to select state police service (SPS) officers of Andhra Pradesh in to induction of IPS cadre in UPSC office Delhi on November 9,2009.
DPC to promote SPS to IPS officers in Nagaland
DPC will meet to select state police service (SPS) officers of Nagaland in to induction of IPS cadre in UPSC office Delhi on November 9,2009.
Gujarat IAS to officers to get senior scale
As the grapevine has it, promotion of IAS officers in the senior scale are on the anvil in Gujarat.
1978 batch IPS promoted in Sikkim
1978 batch IPS officer Jasbir Singh has been promoted to the rank of DG in Sikkim.
Reshuffle of Chairman RRB
Five IRPS officers have been posted as Chairman of the RRB.New postings are :-Mssrs Rajiv Kishore - Gorakhpur ,Surendra Kumar - Jammu ,Mandal - Guwahati ,B.K. Bihani - Malda and Prakash – Patna.
1977 batch IAS to get CS rank
1977 batch IAS officers are being promoted to the rank of ACS in Uttarakhand.
P P Mathur gets extension
P P Mathur has been granted one year extension as Member of the Grievance Redressal Authority of Narmada Valley projects. He is 1972 batch retired IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Retired 1983 batch IAS officer J N Sharma has also been given extension.
11 GMs elevated as CGMs in SBI

As many as 11  General Manager (CGM) in State Bank of India (SBI) have been promoted as Chief General Managers (CGMs).
Indrani Kaushal is Director Steel
Indrani Kaushal has joined as Director Steel in the Government of India. Kaushal is 1995 batch Indian Economic Service officer.
2 IAS officers in HP to be DCs
Two IAS officers belonging to the 2004 batch will be posted as District Collectors (DCs) after assembly by polls that are to be held on November 10, 2009. They are Ms. Mamta Chaudhary & Paul Rasu.
Many heads to roll in Jaipur fire case
As the grapevine has it, many heads are likely to roll in the wake a massive fire in oil depot of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) at Jaipur that had broken out last week
IDAS officer Mihir Kumar transferred
Mihir Kumar, (IDAS:1996), has been transferred from CDA(TRG) & NADFM Pune to PIFA (Navy), Delhi.
Will an IRS officer be Member SAT ?
Name of one Chief Commissioner of Income-Tax has been short-listed for the post of Member of Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).
Mrs. A Mitroo in Air India gets addl charge of all training
Mrs. A Mitroo, ED – Coordination, has been given the additional charge of all training excluding CTE, HYD, Engg and Operations, Mumbai.
Asnani to go to Shanghai
First Secretary in Bangkok Madhukar Asnani has been moved to Shanghai on a newly created post.
M.K. Parida also to hold charge of Secretary (Social Welfare and Women & Child Development)
M.K. Parida, IAS (AGMU:86), Secretary (Services), holding additional charge of the post of Secretary (GAD), shall also hold the charge of the post of Secretary (Social Welfare and Women & Child Development) .
Mrs. Debashree Mukherjee granted study leave
Mrs. Debashree Mukherjee, IAS (AGMU:91), Secretary (Social Welfare and Woman & Child Development) has been granted study leave for pursing M.Sc. in Water and Environment Management (through distance learning) from the Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK for 98 weeks from Nov 5, 2009.
Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration from July 1
A nine-months Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) is being orgsanised at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, from July 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011, by the Training Division of Department of Personnel and Training, to prepare the participants to make a greater contribution to better governance, develop attitudes that focus on citizen services and also to strengthen leadership qualities in the civil service.
IPS changes in Andhra Pradesh
Vikram Jeet Dugal and B. Raja Kumari, Assault Commanders of Greyhounds were territorial postings for the first time and were posted ASPs of Rampachodavaram in East Godavari and Nuziveedu in Krishna district respectively. Rampachodavaram C.M. Thrivikram Varma will now be OSD in Karimnagar.
Order of Justice Jasti Chelameswar cancelled
Transfer order of Chief Justice Jasti Chelameswar from the Gauhati High Court to the Karnataka High Court has been cancelled.
Prasad replaces Baligar in Karnataka
I.S.N. Prasad has replaced Baligar as Principal Secretary to the Karnataka Chief Minister. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.
Selection grade for Govind Manish
Selection grade has been given to Govind Manish Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (JCIT) Bihar region with effect from January 1, 2007. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1994 batch.
Arvind Ray shifted to Delhi
Arvind Ray AGMUT cadre IAS of 1984 batch who has completed on his return from Andaman to Delhi has been appointed as Secretary Services & Administrative Reforms.
(We said this on June 30,2009)
Ms.Archana Arora is new MD ANIIDCO
Ms.Archana Arora has assumed the charge as new Managing Director(MD) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation Limited (ANIIDCO).She is IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre .

CORPORATE
Lahiri appointed President
Samiran Lahiri has taken over as president (Financial Products Distribution) of The Peerless General Finance & Investment Company Ltd.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
I hear Pawar commented , ‘ Prices go up but me and my family don’t whine’!!!!
That’s because he and his family do not have to think today will we be able to dine???
This comment by Pawar reeks of apathy or indifference to what Aam Aadmi does face!!!!
The man could have at least shown some grace!!!
BJP is comatose and cannot create a shindy on price rise!!!
And as of now there are no indications when from this ‘self inflicted’ coma it’ll rise!!!
Congress seems to think now it cannot be touched!!
Now Sonia does not even show that by the plight of the Aam Aadmi she’s touched!!
After hurting the feeling of Hanuman Bhagats now Amar has got Shias hurt!!!!
Kalyan Singh is akin to Hurr ibn Yazid Al-Riyahi kiya Amar ne thoughtlessly blurt!!!
Seems in Singapore not only did they repair his ‘filtration plant’ but also fiddled with his software!!
His enemies may have got the latter done over there!!!
No wonders now Amar sounds more and more satkela!!
And more and more bhatkela!!!
Sarkaar is disinvesting for Capital Expenditure in Social Projects!!!!
And we are all aware how and how much the system ejects!!
90% ki chori and only 8% reaching the cause is a reality!!!!
Stock Market is going up as its felt the pilfered money will be invested in stocks and realty!!!
Khoda is a glaring example and then we know ‘joh pakdaa gaya wohi chor’!!!
There are many Khoda kind of skeletons in many a Neta’s store!!!
Laloo agrees he looks like a sucked lemon because ‘public ko he cannot serve any more’!!!
Actually on loosing opportunity to make ‘crores and crores’ he’s extremely sore!!
Laloo’s lament must be  …..money money everywhere but money I cannot make!!!!!
And this feeling ne Laloo ko like a sucked lemon kiya hai make!!
The above is based on the general perception on Laloo and Laloo's jungle raaj!
And people also feel apni kartooto se Laloo nahi aa saktha hai baaj!!!
Some said that Laloo, Amar and Pawar can write books on how to rake, bale and store hay!!!!!
They have the technology many do say!!!
Hooda's just not the same as he was in his previous tenure!!!
For one Bhajan and Bishnoi he's going to have to endure!!!
Then there are Birender and Kiran breathing down his neck or galaa!!!!
And then for their pound of flesh Independents are creating halaa!!!
Hooda had really got a swollen head and voters cured the swelling!!!
And news from Haryana is the various anti Hooda lobbies are gelling!!
In Punjab the financial topi ghumaoing will soon come to an end!!!!
To its employees in lieu of salaries IOUs by 2010 Punjab Government will start to send!!
For quite some time Punjab Sarkaar has been diverting funds from various accounts!!!
To pay salaries and with every passing year the salary bill just mounts!!
Manpreet Badal wants to stop this topi ghumaoing but Uncle is in no mood to let this be done!!!!
And even more anti Manpreet's proposal is his Uncle's son!!!
Badal camp says very soon Amrinder will be a 'hot aloo'!!!
They say Sonia will drop this aloo and lament iss garam aloo ko kahaa daloo???
Confucius says.....today's Raja may look at ghoos as nazrana!!
After ghoos Raja apne aap ko nahi call karr saktha Raja ya Kunwar apne aap ko Kunwar ya Rana apne aap ko Rana!!!


Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Take Life So Seriously, Have a Look at This..
It is for sure since creation of humankind whispers embraced by them, may be it a hearsay, half-truth or truth. Thus cudgels can be taken before happenings. One can fight or flee according to the situation. Here a bunch of personal staff called Personal Assistants in the Central Secretariat Service rotting for years in the same post. While a 'coveted service’ climb their ladder without any hitch, same yardstick is not applied for any other category. Thus, a 73, 74 or 75 so called coveted reach at the pinnacle of the post, a stenographer in the lower level must have got one promotion. Now the situation is a 1981 appointed Personal Assistant is still a Personal Assistant after 28 years! Kumbakarna officials are sleeping over files. No one fights for these functionaries. Is there anyone to fight for them?
It is a situation, an LDC becomes a Section Officer during these years and the same Personal Assistant has to take dictation from Section Officer for functional purpose seats. Let someone jolt Khumbakarnas from deep sleep. Batkismatwale. The suggestion of not creating more CCIT posts are very reliable. The delay in issue of refund is due to the deficiency of clerks. It is my experience. I have received the refund normally within six or seven months but now it is extended for more than a year. The staff in the office is even working in public holidays but they can`t achieve the target. A clerk now has to handle more than 100000 returns in a year in addition to other normal duties. So the top officers in the department may give more attention in this field.
Appu
CAT website out of reach
Readers of Forum may recall that earlier a message was posted about the non-updation of the judgment portion of Central Administrative Tribunal. At that time at least one could view the result page without any updated judgments. The CAT has taken a further step in the right direction and have now entirely removed the link itself and only an error message is visible. An excellent object lessons for all other Government Departments to emulate.
R.K. Agrawal
Rightly said
The least the DTC could have volunteered to the public with this fair hike, that its conductors to get up and move to the commuters in the bus for disbursement of the tickets. The age old practice of commuters getting choked at the rear entrance of the bus, while the Conductor saahib takes his own time in getting money and giving balance to each passenger should be brought to an end.
R V Nathan
DTC fare hike is the latest blow on the common man
With continuous price rise in food articles and vegetables, this hike is certainly unbearable to the target group which is actually using it. Moreover, the scheme of things may be based on past practice but nobody in the decision making body thought of the sensibility and sensitivity involved in arriving at the rates vis-a-vis distance. Instead of offering a very wide stage rates, it should have been one rupee increase after minimum rate depending on the distance one travels, as every rupee is valuable for the poor people. The comfort as claimed by DTC being provided to the passengers vis-a-vis the rate increase cannot be justifiable.
Saurabh
DTC should have a moving conductor
I entirely agree with the suggestion that DTC should have a moving conductor who should approach passengers for issuing tickets rather than the passengers crowding the entry to buy tickets. In no other place do we see this spectacle. It should be made mandatory for the conductor to ensure that all passengers possess a ticket and he should be penalised for failure on this front rather than the other way round.
Bala
Tail-piece
Never Take Life So Seriously

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By -A Contributor