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Will Ashok Kumar be Secretary Higher Education ?
A couple of meetings between Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and 1974 batch UT cadre IAS officer Ashok Kumar has fuelled speculations about the later becoming Secretary Higher Education in Government of India. One source close to the HRD minister, however, feels that Minister would like to have a Secretary other then of UT cadre.
Ms. Urvashi Gulati poised to be new CS, Haryana
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Urvashi Gulati is poised to be new Chief Secretary of Haryana. She is an IAS officer of 1975 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.
Tripathi to be Spl DG CRPF in Srinagar !
Newly appointed Special DG CRPF N K Tripathi is likely to be posted in Srinagar. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Prasar Bharti Board to be dissolved ?
A proposal has reportedly silently been moved to dissolve the present Prasar Bharti Board. Whose gameplan is this ?.
K. Padmanabhaiah tipped to be Governor Assam ?
As the grapevine has it, K. Padmanabhaiah former Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) is tipped to be Governor of Assam. It may be stated here that Padmanabhaiah was also the government's mediator on the Naga issue.
Five IPS officers promoted in IB
Five 1988 batch IPS officers in the Intelligence Bureau have been promoted to the rank of Joint Director.
CVC hands over case to CBI against an outgoing Secretary in GoI ?
The CVC is believed to have handed over a case to the CBI against an outgoing Secretary of the Government of India. Guess the name !.
Why did Thomas meet PMO officials ?
Why did Secretary Telecom P J Thomas meet the PMO officials on Wednesday ?.What transpired betweem him and the top PMO officials ?.
Anil Kumar to be Director BEL !
Anil Kumar is being tipped to be new Director (Other Units) of the Bharat Electronics Ltd..
Dinner for Madhya Pradesh officers on October 28
A dinner has been hosted for the serving and retired Madhya Pradesh cadre officers in the India International Centre (IIC) on October 28.
Rohit Ratish to move Port Louis
Third Secretary in Geneva Rohit Ratish is moving to Port Louis next month. He will succeed Second Secretary Ms Manju Sharma who is retiring.
Divya Malhotra to hold additional charge
Principal Director (Audits) Northern Railway Ms. R Rajalakshmi will be relieved by Ms. Divya Malhotra, Principal Director of Audit (Railway Board Audit), who will hold additional charge of the post, until further orders.
Khanna is Director Expenditure
1994 batch IRS (C&CE) officer Ranjan Khanna has joined as Director Expenditure in the Government of India.
SAIL Chairman receives 4 Excellence awards from PM
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on October 15, 2009 conferred the 'SCOPE Award for Excellence & Outstanding Contribution to Public Sector Management' under 'Individual' category on Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) Chairman S.K. Roongta, for the year 2007-08, at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi on October 15, 2009 . Roongta also received three other major awards for SAIL - the Gold Trophy of SCOPE Award for Excellence & Outstanding Contribution to Public Sector Management in the 'Institutional' category for the year 2006-07, and two MoU Excellence Awards in the categories 'Mining & Metals' and 'Listed Companies' for the year 2007-08. The SCOPE Excellence Awards, instituted to recognise the contribution of public enterprises and to encourage outstanding persons for their achievements and leadership qualities, are decided annually after evaluation of established performance criteria by a jury comprising eminent persons and assisted
by the International Management Institute. The five-member jury for the year 2007-08 was headed by Justice P.N. Bhagwati.Well recognised for its leadership calibre, strategic initiatives and performance management, SAIL had earlier won the SCOPE Gold Trophy in the 'Institutional' category for the year 2004-05 also and special SCOPE Award in the 'Turnaround' category for the year 2003-04.
Shefali Sinha posted as CIT (A) - IX, Delhi
Shefali Sinha on return from deputation has been posted as CIT (A) - IX, Delhi
Irina Garg posted as CIT (ITAT) II, Jaipur.
Irina Garg on return from deputation has been posted as CIT (ITAT) II, Jaipur.
Binod Kumar posted as CIT (ITAT) - I, Chandigarh.
Binod Kumar on return from deputation has been posted as CIT (ITAT) - I, Chandigarh.
Shalini Kaul posted as CIT (A) II - Agra.
Shalini Kaul on return from deputation has been posted as CIT (A) II - Agra.
Sunali Arora is CIT (A) I, Chandigarh.
Sunali Arora, CIT (A) TX, Delhi has been transferred as CIT (A) I, Chandigarh.
Neeraj Vinay Bansal posted as CIT (TDS) Chandigarh.
Neeraj Vinay Bansal, CIT (A) I, Chandigarh has been posted as CIT (TDS) Chandigarh.
Narendra Singh is CIT (ITAT) XII INTL (TAXN) Mumbai.
Narendra Singh, CIT (A) karnal has been posted as CIT (ITAT) XII INTL (TAXN) Mumbai.
Rajendra Kumar transferred to CIT - IV, Chennai.
Rajendra Kumar - CIT (A), Mysore, has been transferred to CIT - IV, Chennai.
Lejha Kumar posted as CIT (OSD), Delhi.
Lejha Kumar on return from deputation has been nposted as CIT (OSD), Delhi.
Arvind Sudarshan posted to CCIT (CCA) Rajasthan
Arvind Sudarshan, on promotion to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted to CCIT (CCA) Rajasthan.
TR Rehman retained in CCIT (CCA) Bihar
On promotion to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, TR Rehman has been retained in CCIT (CCA) Bihar region.
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon extends last date
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon has extended the last date of filing of application for 4th Post Graduate Programme in Public and Policy and Management to 26th October 2009 in view of request from the aspirants . This programme is scheduled to start from 7.12.09 as residential programme of 10 ½ months at MDI campus and six months at George Masson University, USA. The last three programmes have been very popular and useful for officers of central & state governments and executives of PSUs.
Did Siddharth Behura overrule the decisions of Mathur (UPDATED)
Did the outgoing Secretary Telecom Siddharth Behura overrule certain decisions taken by the then Secretary Telecom D S Mathur ?.PMO is reportedly examining the matter.
Secretary level post downgraded for Ms Kackar (UPDATED)
Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ms Stuti Narain Kackar has been moved to head the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE).Secretary level post was earlier held by 1974 batch IAS officer J S Maini who retired last month. Ms Kackar is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on October 13 )
Kapoor is new Member CAT (UPDATED)
V K Kapoor has been appointed Administrative Member CAT,Jodhpur Bench.He is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

CORPORATE
Two new CEO's of BSES
Ramesh Narayanan has been named as the CEO of BYPL and Gopal Saxena as the CEO of BRPL by the BSES.
Uday Khanna is President of Indo-French Chamber
Uday Khanna has been elected president of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Home Ministry has pointed out humongous irregularities in land allotments in Chandigarh!!!
All of a sudden there is an allegations ka hadh (flood in Punjabi)!!
Now Chandigarh Congress Leaders want Administrator to be barred from taking any decision!!!
And in the decisions he's made they want an inquiry and revision!!
Administrator Roddy is due to retire in November but he'll have to stay on in Chandigarh!!!
Seems he's going to face inquiries dhadaa dhad (one after the other)!!
So he'll have to mothball his Goa home and in Chandigarh he'll stay on!!!
Of course he'll go to Goa off and on!!
Roddy's answer will be that to attract big names subsidized land was the lollipop!!!
He'll have to quantify the benefits of the 4000 crore ke near about ka sop!!
Rahul Baba going to Naxal areas is like going to the front line as a war is on!!!
It's simply not done!!
Apart form the security diversion it'll also send a wrong sandesh!!!
On the whole going there is unsafe for you and not too good for the Desh!!
Yes Sarkaar can pump in money and divert people from going the Naxal way!!
But today this step is too late in the day!!
Now first on the agenda is bringing Naxals to their knees!!!
And this happening in the near future no one sees!
Congress cannot say it's not had a hand in Naxalism spreading!!!
News from the ground is that now to Delhi Naxals are heading!!
Indo China sparring has started and will go on for some time to come!!!
Chinese are hopping mad at India treating Dalai Lama like a chum!!
Territory incursions are 'procedural' and nothing more!!
It's our giving Dalai Lama sanctuary that's got China very sore!!
China seems to overlook the Chinese arms supplies to those who create terror here!!!
There is a Chinese hand in fake Indian currency aimed at putting our economy in reverse gear!
And then above all is China's hope of being SE and S Asia's Uncle Sam or big bully!!!
Except for India all other SE and S Asian Nations China sees as gajar mooli!!
NREGA is still leaking!!
By local Politicians and Officials there is a lot of tweaking!!
It's a good scheme but its making the rich even more rich!!!
Might taking the poor's right is the biggest hitch!!!
BT Brinjal has got approval now what will the thaali ka baingan do????
Is there be some change in the BT thaali ka baingan too????
Will the BT thaali ka baingan now stop shifting stand every now and then?????
Will the BT thaali ka baingan result in wimps becoming men????
Air India needs to cut costs by 3000 crores……. how????
Patel karr raha hai Air India Management ke saath powwow!!!
Air India is reluctant to cancel Boeing Order as it says Boeing is not in a mood to do so,
And this is Praful's tacit way of getting AI to say no!!
Give the aircrafts Boeing delivers on Wet Charter…. kill two birds with one stone!!
Pack off those in the AI staff who for their belligerence and non performance are known!!
Overseas and in a way 'unionless' they'll be made to perform!!!
Air India 'inhospitable' image this would be an apt way to reform!!
And the best way to kick start a change is sack Praful!!!
Iss ne bahut banaaya hum sabh ka fool!!!
In J&K the separatists should not be allowed to make a new high,
That is get more concessions and then say to negotiations bye bye!!
This would be detrimental as we would concede more ground!!!
And then to this 'new give in' we'll be bound!!
Confucious says.... first make the other side agree to abide by the outcome of negotiations!!!
Otherwise what use is it to even hold deliberations???

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Chinese Invasion !
There is a possibility of a Chinese invasion very soon going by the media reports and portents.
A K Singh
RTI, Transparency, Fairness and Objectivity
(Ref: RTI Case of A. K. Saxena)
In spite of all efforts we are still to inspire the bureaucracy and judiciary to be transparent and objective. RTI Act, 2005 is just one step towards transparency. However, RTI is bound to have very limited role simply because it does not ensure Objectivity & Fairness and unless Objectivity & Fairness is ensured, Transparency has limited scope. For example, Annual Appraisal Reports of Government Officials are now open documents (transparent) but this does not rule out subjectivity and unfairness. Similarly, in Mr. Saxena case, RTI ultimately, at the best, can expose the bias or subjectivity or unfairness, if any, involved in the selection, but it cannot ensure objective and fair selection.
Case of A. K. Saxena, ex-civil servant is just one example where CIC has ordered for release of INFORMATION relating to his selection/non-selection as member of SSC. Once it has been revealed that he has been number one but has not been picked-up and no reason for his rejection has been noted/given, appropriate action should have been taken by the Highest Authority. If the Highest Authority fails to act, and even Mr. Saxena refuses to go to court, some organization committed to transparency, objectivity and fairness in public life should approach the appropriate court of law under public litigation petition to challenge the selection/non-selection of A. K. Saxena.
Saxena deserves kudos for his efforts in exposing the subjectivity in selection of members of important institutions in which Congress has come back to power by winning away some votes from BJP and other parties. Therefore, whether Saxena has ever voted for BJP or not is irrelevant. I am confident that the Highest Authority in Government and in Congress will win back the confidence of Saxena too by addressing his grievances at the earliest. This will further strengthen our faith in the present system.
In fact, PMO should have a dedicated cell to examine the various grievances being raised by www.whispersinthecorridors.com. In this case it will be necessary for the web-site to verify, at least prima facie the genuineness of the grievances publicized.

. A. K. Verma
Secretary, ISSA (EC), Kolkata

Plight of Defence personnels
It takes 13 yrs to become Lt Col, 20% makes it to col in 17 yrs, 5% makes it to Brig in 30 yrs. May be 1% makes it to Maj Gen in 34 Yrs. Look at civilian employees.. All becomes Joint Secretaries in 14 - 17 Yrs. Many of Army officers dies enroute. Others sweat it out in most difficult conditions away from kith and kin. Civil officers sit in AC offices, travel in AC cars and get good foreign assignments and post retirement assignments. You still searching for the reasons to find out why people are not joining Army. Kindly somebody educate our Prime Minister, other politicians and bureaucrats.
Anil
Caste System
The intelligent readers of this forum would be aware that the key feature of India's caste system was that each caste was supposed to perform the role assigned to it and upward mobility was severely restricted. Therefore a Shudra was not supposed to read holy scriptures and access to study was limited to 'Brahamanas'. Now look at our bureaucratic system. Doesn't it resembles so much to our caste system where IAS takes the position of 'Brahmanas' and other services fall in the respective hierarchy. Your upward movement within governance system is not determined by your abilities or performance but by the abbreviations following your name. Can you even think of a situation where a highly capable and performing officer from service other than IAS ever reaching to top echelons of government e.g. Cabinet Sec or even Secretary to GOI.
The only difference between the two caste system is the entry point wherein in the 'general caste system' entry is determined by birth and in the 'bureaucratic caste system' entry is through an exam. Thereafter both systems operate almost on the same principles. If readers can point to distinguishing features I would be so glad!
MB
Common Wealth - the biggest loot
Commomwealth Games are one of the biggest loot taking place in the name of national pride. With expenditure of more than 12000 Crores already incurred by various government agencies (this does not include expenditure incurred on city infrastructure e.g Delhi Metro) this is one of the most expensive games project ever undertaken by a nation where a very large populace is still not able to make two ends meets. How does this so called 'national pride', a bogey of middle class, matters to a person in the remote village who still has no access to basic amenities like drinking water and primary health? With precious resources being squandered around just to benefit a few politicians and their blue eyed bureaucrats the large population of this country is being kept waiting for their basic needs. No wonder that a large areas of the country are facing naxal problem which is on the rise with every passing day. Does it not bother to a government which talks of 'aam admi' every day. To save the so called 'national pride' government is compelled to put in more resources because someone kept misguiding them all the time? A project visualised at a cost of Rs 300 Crore and which was supposed to be revenue neutral is now costing a fortune to government with no possible returns whatsoever. Why are answers to these questions not sought from the organisers? Why is their no accountability for all the mismanagement and wastages? If the wastage level of resources is so high an year before the actual event one can easily imagine the level of resource wastage that is going to take place in 2010 all in the name of 'national pride'. The poor 'aam admi' will keep watching on the fence and poor fellow would probably not even see the games as the access would of course be limited to the 'elite class'.
'Jai Hind'
'Jai Hind ke Neta'
Ruhan
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE

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To Dearest and Respected Viewers,
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Thank you so much.... to all
Nizamuddin

13-10

Yes it should be increased to 62 years.

K R C Rao raokrc@rediffmail.com

YES IT SHOULD BE INCREASED TO 62 YEARS LOOKING IN TO THE INCREASE IN LIFE SPAN AND THE INDUCTION TO PSU's AGE LIMIT HAS BEEN ENHANCED. THEREFORE THE TIME LEFT IN BETWEEN FOR THE EMPLOYEE IS LESS.

K Girija Rao girija_k@rediffmail.com

Yes

Soma Sengupta somasen88@yahoo.co.in

No, the retirement age should not be raised to 62, instead one should retire after 33 years of service or 60 years of age, whichever is early.

F.S.Jafry fjafry@rediffmail.com

14-10

No

sc_dhawan@hotmail.com

Retirement should not be 62 years. It has to be 58 years only so that younger generation gets opportunity for earning a livelihood.

A K Sinha arvind_anjana@rediff.com

TAIL-PIECE
A Team comprising of a Writer, a Producer, a Director, etc applied to the Government of India with a Script to produce a Movie on Mahabharata. They received reply to their application after 14 months.

All of them committed suicide later and the reason is very obvious as…

Subject: Mahabharata

To:
The Writer, Film Director & Film Producer,
Mumbai

Ref: Film story submitted by you, regarding financing of films by Government of India, Your letter dt. ............ . ......... .

The undersigned is directed to refer the above letter and state that the Government has examined your proposal for financing a film called ''Mahabharat' . The Very High Level Committee constituted for this purpose has been in consultation with the Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Women and Labour Commission, in addition to various Ministries and State Governments and have formed definitive opinions about the script. Their observations are as below:

1. In the script submitted by you it is shown that there were two sets of cousins, namely, the Kauravas, numbering one hundred, and the Pandavas, numbering five. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has pointed out that these numbers are high, well above the norm prescribed for families by them. It is brought to your kind attention that when the Government is spending huge amounts for promoting family planning, this will send wrong signals to the public. Therefore, it is recommended that there may be only three Kauravas and one Pandava.

2. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has raised an issue whether it is suitable to depict kings and emperors in this democratic age. Therefore, it is suggested that the Kauravas may be depicted as Honorable Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and the Pandava may be depicted as Honourable Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). The ending of the film shows the victory of the said Pandavas over the said Kauravas. The ending may be suitably modified so that neither of the Honorable Members of Parliament are shown as being inferior to the other.

3. The Ministry of Science and Technology has observed that the manner of birth of Kauravas is suggestive of human cloning, a technology banned in India . This may be changed to normal birth.

4. The National Commission for Women has objected that the father of Pandavas, one Sri Pandu, is depicted as bigamous, and also there is only one wife for the Pandavas in common. Therefore suitable changes may be made in the said script so that the said Sri Pandu is not depicted as bigamous. However, with the reduction in number of Pandavas as suggested above, the issue of polyandry can be addressed without further trouble.

5. The Commission for the Physically Challenged has observed that the portrayal of the visually impaired character 'Dhritharastra' is derogatory. Therefore the said character may not be shown as visually impaired.

6. The Department of Women and Child Development have highlighted that the public disrobing of one female character called 'Draupadi' is objectionable and derogatory to women in general. Further the Home Ministry anticipates that depiction of such scenes may create law and order problem and at the same time invite strong protests from the different women forums. Such scenes may also invite penal action under SITA (Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act), therefore they may be avoided and deleted from the film.

7. It is felt that showing the Pandava and the Kauravas as gamblers will be anti-social and counter productive as it might encourage gambling. Therefore, the said Pandava and Kauravas may be shown to have engaged in horse racing. (Hon. Supreme Court has held horse racing not to be gambling)

8. The Pandavas are shown as working in the King Virat's employment without receiving any salary. According to the Human Rights Commission, this amounts to bonded labor and may attract provisions of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. This may be corrected at once.

9. In the ensuing war, one character by name Sri Abhimanyu has been shown as fighting. The National Labor Commission has observed that, war being a hazardous industry, and the said character being 16 years old, this depiction will be construed as a case of child labor. Also there is no record of his being paid any compensation. This may also be deemed to be violation of the provisions of The Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 and Minimum Wages Act, 1948.. Such references in the film may be removed.

10. The character 'Sri Krishna' has been depicted as wearing a peacock feather. The peacock is our National Bird and wearing dresses made from peacock feather is an offence under the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. This may not be depicted

11. Smt Maneka Gandhi has raised very serious objection for using any elephants or horses in war scenes, since there is every scope for mistreatment and injury to the said animals. The provisions of the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890 and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act, 1960 would be applicable in the instant case. Suitable changes may be made in the script to address the objections raised.

12. In pursuance of the Memorandum of Ministry of Finance regarding austerity measures, it is informed that in the battle field sequences, only ten soldiers may be allowed for each side. Also, all the characters may be shown to have obtained a valid license under the Arms Act, 1959 as well as the Indian Arms Act, 1878.

You are therefore requested to modify the script along the lines indicated above and resubmit it to the undersigned at the earliest for reconsideration.

Sd/- Under Secretary


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