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Will Mohan Das be new Secretary Steel ?
Name of K Mohan Das has started doing the round for the post of Secretary Steel.He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
MoD and Army are at loggerheads ?
There is a tug of war between the Army Chief and the Ministry of Defence over the appointment of Lt Generals. Reason is delay in the appointment of 17 Lt Generals.
Dr Kedar to be DG ESI ?
It is widely believed that Dr C S Kedar will be new DG ESI.1979 batch IAS officer Dr Kedar is presently posted in the Cabinet Secretariat.
R P Agarwal to be JD CBI !
R P Agarwal is being tipped to be Joint Director in the CBI. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Will Gyanendra Badgaiyan be Secretary of NAC ?
In case the National Advisory Council (NAC) is revived, it is widely believed that Gyanendra Nath Dhar Badgaiyan, 1991 batch UT cadre trusted IAS officer of Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be made Secretary.
GoI to move High Court against CAT order !
The GoI is reportedly moving to the High Court against the order of the CAT. A Bench presided by Justice VK Bali, Chairman CAT, has set aside the promotion to the post of Member CBDT in 2008-09 on the ground that the selection committee did not follow the uniform procedure in respect of all candidates. It was done on the petition of Narinder Singh, Member CBDT, who was overlooked for empanelment in that year.
Austerity DoT way !
Austerity measures that the Government of India (GOI) has initiated have been widely hailed. However, it may come as a shock to powers that be that Barcelona visit of a retinue of officers of the Department of Telecom (DoT), who went for a global summit early this year, cost just a crore or so. Most of the bills that have been received recently relate to hiring of full time taxis. Interestingly it was done despite the fact that the Barcelona summit in March was held within the same hotel where DoT bosses had stayed.
Mathew promoted and posted in Karnataka
P J Mathew, AG (C&RA) Andhra Pradesh, has been promoted and transferred to Bangalore as Principal Accountant General Karnataka. He is 1983 batch IA&AS officer. He will relieve LAC Singh.
Ravindran to take charge from Mathew
PJ Mathew will be relieved by V Ravindran, Principal Accountant General (A&E), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, who will hold additional charge of the post until Sadu Israel join.
R P Singh to return to UP
IG CRPF R P Singh is returning to the parent Uttar Pradesh cadre after completion of deputation tenure this month end. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Up CADRE.
Bhupinder Singh gets 3 months extension
Bhupinder Singh has been granted three months extension as Joint secretary Textiles. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Rajneesh Kumar Mahajan is Joint secretary Coal
Rajneesh Kumar Mahajan, on central deputation, has been appointed as Joint Secretary Coal. He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
SS Srivastava gets inter state cadre deputation
SS Srivastava has got inter state cadre deputation to the AGMU cadre as DIG. He is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.
RK Kameshwar Simhum Batla is Jt.Secy Health
RK Kameshwar Simhum Batla, on central deputation, has been posted as Joint Secretary Health. He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of the 1984 batch.
NERAMAC excels by defying Economic melt down
Inspite of an economic slow down affecting the sales and domestic production, " North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC)" a Government of India (GOI)enterprise under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), achieved yet another record turnover of Rs. 36.91 Cr during 2008-09 as against the turnover of Rs.29.54 Cr achieved during the preceding year, thus recording a growth of 25% in its turnover. S. Bhattacharjee who has taken over as Managing Director (MD) of NERAMAC for now more than two years during August 2007 has brought considerable change in the activities of the Corporation. This could only be possible due to increase in the procurement & marketing of agro-horticulture produces to support farmers of the north east as well as to facilitate Mission supplies under Post Harvest Technology Mission (PHTM) & National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in different states of the country besides north east, said S. Bhattacharjee.
Among its other initiative NERAMAC conducted awareness & capacity building programme with ASA-IM in the state of Assam & Sikkim during 2008-09. It has initiated involvement of various stakeholders particularly private sectors in fruit processing thereby playing a greater role to tap the market potential for exotic produces of north east mainly Kiwi fruit & passion fruit through public private partnership (PPP), he informed. There is a substantial increase in both processing & marketing sectors during these two fiscal years. NERAMAC has extended its activities even outside the NE Region to many states in the country.
Culture Ministry keen to retain KN Srivastava as DG, ASI
As the grapevine has it the Culture Ministry is keen to retain incumbent Director General (DG) Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) KN Srivastava as DG, though his orders for FA to the MEA had been issued quite some time back. There are two reasons due to which it is being felt that he continues as the DG. First, he has given a very dynamic leadership to the ASI staff enabling rapid progress of work in the ASI. Second, there is no incumbent within the ASI who qualifies to fill the slot. Therefore, KN Srivastava as DG, ASI, is being considered the safest option in the wake of next year's Commonwealth Games. However, that is almost one year away. Srivastava is an IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre who belongs to the 1978 batch.
Structure of CBEC to change
The structure of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) will change once the "Goods & Service Tax (GST) " was introduced in the year 2010.
Pankaj Jain is number two in panel for RVNL
Chief Engineer in the SER Pankaj Jain has been put number two in the panel for the post of CMD Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL).
Surendra Kumar is number two in PANEL
Surendra Kumar of the STC has reportedly been put number two in the panel prepared by the PESB for the post of Director (Marketing) STC.
New JD Security Lok Sabha to be from UT cadre
This is almost certain that the new Joint Director Security Lok Sabha will be an IPS officer of UT cadre. Lok Sabha Speaker Mira Kumar has already returned the panel sent to her for the post.
Two Rly officers to join NDC course
Two Railway officers B P Awasthy and Adesh Kumar are joining the NDC Course.
Search is on for Muslim Governor
Government is yet to decide the name of a Muslim Governor. One Governor from the Minority is to be appointed next month.
Joshi returns to Uttarakhand
1977 batch IAS officer Ajay Joshi has returned to Uttarakhand cadre. He was serving in Uttar Pradesh.
( We said this on October 9 )
IAS postings in Jharkhand
DK Tiwari, Secretary of Excise and Prohibition Department, has been given additional charge of Excise Commissioner. NN Sinha, Industry Secretary will now also take charge as Commissioner of Mines Department of Jharkhand.
Departments of 11 IAS officials reshuffled in Uttarakhand
Departments of 11 IAS officials, of whom six are of Principal secretary rank, have been reshuffled in Uttarakhand. While Subhash Kumar, PS to CM, has been given additional charge of Information and Housing, additional charge of Agriculture has been withdrawn from Additional Chief Secretary NS Naplechial. Principal Secretary Amrendra Singh has been given the charge of minor irrigation and another Principal secretary Ajay Joshi has been given the charge of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandary, Dairy Development and Fisheries. However, Higher Education has been withdrawn from Principal Secretary Keshav Desiraju. Similarly, Agriculture has been withdrawn from Principal secretary Vineet Kumar who has been given the additional charge of labour and Employment. On the other hand charge of Programme Implementation, Housing and Information has been withdrawn from Shatrughan Singh who has been given the charge of Higher Education. Meanwhile, IFS on deputation Vinod Fonia has been given the additional charge of Animal Husbandary, Fisheries and Dairy Development, Secretary Radha Ratudi has been given the additional charge of Programme Implementation, Dilbagh Singh has been given the charge of Sugarcane and Sugar Industries, Additional Secretary Dr. Bhupinder Kaur Aulakh has been given the additional charge of Health and Radhika Jha has been given the charge of School Education.
Two new Judges of AP High Court
Two district judges, Samudrala Govindarajulu and N B Narayana Rao has been appointed as additional judges of the A P High Court.
Dr Kapoor makes commendable job in Bihar
Dr. Vijay Kapur (IAS,1977, Bihar Cadre) and currently on deputation to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU),New Delhi as Advisor to the Vice Chancellor will lead IGNOU special initiative spread between 2009-2011 aimed at positively impacting Gross Enrollment Ratio and learners skill base in ten low literacy level districts of Bihar namely Kishanganj, East Champaran, Katihar, Banka, Darbhanga, Purnea, Gaya, Nalanda, Nawada and Bhagalpur. This IGNOU initiative is also aimed at enhancing literacy levels through appropriate education delivery mechanism in these districts thereby empowering people and reversing flight of human capital in the state.
MP, IFS officers association elections held
Amin Ahmed Ansari APCCF to MP Government & Dr.Atul Shrivastava CF to MP Government were unanimously elected as president & secretary of the MP Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers association, in Bhopal on October 11, 2009. Other office bearers of the association are: V.N.Pandey CCF- vice president, Ravindra Saxena DFO- joint secretary & Shiv Prasad Sharma CF- treasurer.

Chandramouli to head NACO
K Chandramouli has been appointed DG of the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO). He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Gen J.J.singh & CS Arunachal Pradesh not keen to relieve Lokhande
The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh General J J Singh (Retd) and Chief Secretary Tabom Bam are not keen to relieve Prashant Lokhande, IAS AGMU 2001 from Arunachal Pradesh in near future for his excellent performance in handling various developmental issues including implementation on PM 's package and strengthening of monitoring mechanism. It is also learnt that senior officers from some of the Ministries of Government of India have informally conveyed the Government of Arunachal Pradesh not to release the officer for his posting to Delhi because of his dedication in various developmental issues.
Suresh Kalmadi is running from pillar to post
Head of Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee Suresh Kalmadi has been running from pillar to post for seeking help to successfully hold the event to be held in Delhi next year.
Thukral to head Corporate Branding & Strategic Initiatives at Essar
NDTV Profit's Shivnath Thukral has has joined the Essar Group as its Group President - Corporate Branding & Strategic Initiatives. He has taken charge of his new office from Oct 12

CORPORATE
Companies bill also restricts 'Severance package'
The Companies Bill of 2009, now before Parliament, not only seeks to place an age limit on persons holding key positions but has an explicit clause relating to severance packages which are restricted to managing directors and whole-time directors. The payment by way of compensation for loss of office should not exceed the "remuneration he would have earned if he had been in office for the remainder of his term or for three years, whichever is shorter."
Roy is President of Bengal Chambers
SK Roy has been appointed president of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
New consultancy for AI
Air India has selected Booz Allen & Company and RothsChild as consultancy firm to guide the national airline .

Aaj Ki Aawaz
All of a sudden Raj Thackrey was hit by a mime virus and he started to mime!!
Miming is definitely not a crime!!!
But the mimicry artist sometimes ends up as the joke and he is laughed at!!!
But the mime artist does not realize this and keeps pulling out act after act from his hat!
Sonia's accent is no longer an issue but Raj seems oblivious of this!!!!
In the past Balasahib to lampoon Sonia opportunity nahi karta tha miss!!
Though some say Raj was negating Udhav's 'Raj has taken supari from Congress to do us in!!!!
This is for sure had MNS not been there more seats Sena would win!!
Advani joked insultingly about Mohna and ended up as a joke himself!!!
And Humor is the ability to laugh at oneself!!
NCP now says it's open to an alliance with Raj!!!
Because NCP does care if UP and Bihar get naraaj!!
Maharashtra is its bastion and NCP wants to rule the State!!!
NCP is least bothered that its alliance with MNS could seal in Bihar and UP its insignificant fate!!
NCP has no stake in both States and its desperate to stay in power in Maharashtra !!
For NCP today Maharashtra is akin to the entire Rashtra!!
Raj is another Shivraj Patil and he changes clothes time and again during the day!!
In one set of clothes for not more than a few hours he does stay!!
Do our clothes get dirty when we spout venom or zehar???
Do Raj's clothes get dirty jabh barsaata verbally kehar????
In Haryana Rahul has said Hooda will continue as Chief Minister!
But what about the Venod Sharma connection that many find sinister!!
And why not let Mom ask Hooda ' Hooda Ji why do you want to become CM again'????
Let's see what Hooda will feign!!!
And she should also ask Hooda to keep Venod at bay!!!!!
Not a bad idea if she tells him 'you will be under probation till May'!!
RSS has said Rahul's home stay in the Dalit …sorry poor homes is good!!!
Is it indicating that ' BJP too should get into this kind of mood'???
Imagine Advani staying in a gareeb's home!!!
Wringing his hands outside the home he'll roam!!
Can you even visualize Rajnath, Jaitley or Sushma undertaking such a home-stay???
In to words I can answer this ' no way'!!!
BJP is not a Party for the poor or gareeb!!!
Gareeb ke they have never been kareeb!!
Our Mantris use Choppers to fly over flood affected areas… why????
Can they get a feel of what's transpiring on the ground form so high????
Apart from water what do they see…..maybe some humans looking like ants from so high!
And they just see the cause of the misery as they sip hot coffee or chai!!
CBI Officials say Government wants CBI to let off Mr. Q!!!!
Though this is not something new!!
During UPA's previous stint Project 'let off Q' commenced!!!
Government's plan quite a few sensed!!
Government wants to give Q a Diwali gift!!!!
If not possible then by Christmas it'll ensure via let off Q's spirits they are able to lift!
Confucius says ….Saara Desh ek taraf and Sonia ka mooh bolla Bhai ek taraf!!!!
By Xmas Q will be celebrating his let off with a neat Patiala peg in lots of baraf!!!
Adds.... Blindfolded Lady with scales will be shedding tears!!!
And this is nothing new because she's been shedding tears for years and years!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Wrong information Your information regarding AK Mathur is wrong perhaps given by those disgruntled officers of RAW who have been superseded but continue to remain indisciplined.
The Bureaucracy has failed in India???I am amazed at the startling revelations made by A K Saxena, who has been a regular contributor to this great site. I trust his every word. If political leanings are the sole criteria for selections and promotions in the GOI, then I see very bleak future for the bureaucracy in this country. This is my perception as a former Secretary to GOI.I have no regret in blaming my own Service (IAS)which has seen a steep decline in its quality. Thanks to UPSC for selecting such useless stuff into IAS, who cannot take a stand and shudder at giving advice to their Ministers. This landmark judgement of the CIC, is a wake-up call not only for the entire Indian bureaucracy but also for the PM who heads the Department of Personnel. The observations of A K Saxena merit careful investigation in a transparent manner. In fact, it calls for a judicial inquiry. The Court may like to take suo moto cognizance of this case and issue notices to all concerned. This is the age of transparency.P K KAMATHDEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGEBy seeing large scale unemployment in country it is not a good proposition.B K Sanwariya bk.sanwariya@yahoo.com Yes, in order to maintained parity in all the employees in the independent India the retirement age should be at par. presently the duffers are getting not only prime posting because of their competency in buttering and corrupt habits, but also being engaged even after date of retirement without assessing their past performance. The government should review the policy and stop engagement of all the staff as well officers after retirement. The retirement age may be increase to 62.S P Singh sps4@hotmail.com. A survey of the global bureaucracy be done & be published in this country so that it becomes clear to all those who are against the retirement age extended to 62 years of age. It is certain that happiness in the society will manifold increase as it will certainly increase the status of social security & the children will get more time to choose their career make their family happy .S S Kapoor shyamskapoor@yahoo.com Yes, I agree retirement age should be 62. I.C.SharmaEngineerQ.C.BHEL HaridwarYes

Gopal KrishnaAGM(SUM)Yes

Nanak Singh
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YesJ K BatraYesD K Agrawal It should be 62.

P.K.Aggarwal
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HEEP, BHEL
HARDWAR(UTTRANCHAL)
Pin: 249403Yes
Vinay Mohan
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BHEL,BHOPALRetirement age of government employees should be 62Deep KaurYes , I agree.

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