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Will Kapil Sibbal have Secretary from outside UT cadre ?
Who will be new Secretary Higher Education in the Government of India? It is believed that HRD Minister Kapil Sibbal is now keen to have an IAS officer of outside UT cadre to the post.
Atul Chaturvedi appointed Secretary Steel
Secretary Fertilisers Atul Chaturvedi has been appointed Secretary Steel. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
( We said this on October 14 )
Krishnan appointed Secretary Fertilisers
S Krishnan has been appointed Secretary Fertilisers. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
(We said this on October 14)
Cabinet reshuffle soon ?
A minor cabinet reshuffle is expected to take place after the Maharashtra election results .Departments of Power, Health and Petroleum may see new faces.
Brahmins are solidly behind Ms. Mayawati
Brahmins are solidly backing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati who is also national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Sources close to Ms. Mayawati said certain elements with vested interests were spreading a canard that Brahmins were distancing themselves from the BSP as Ms. Mayawati was cold shouldering them. Such reports were baseless & far from truth ,sources added.
IAS officer seeks VRS in Karnataka
Dr S Subramanya has taken VRS .He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Empanelment of 1977 batch IRS (C&CE)
About two dozen IRS (C&CE) officers have been cleared for the promotion to the rank of Chief Commissioner. File of promotion has reached to the ACC.
Shakeel Ahmed, IRSME to be new CMD, HCL
Shakeel Ahmed, an IRSME officer is going to be new Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL).
Anita Chaudhary to be Chief Administrator of Chandigarh Administration
Anita Chaudhary is being tipped to be Chief Administrator Chandigarh Administration.She is 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Kakati to be new DGP of Meghalaya
Sibabrata Kakati will be new DGP of Meghalaya.He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.,
Formal functioning resumes in GOI
Normal functioning in offices of Government of India (GOI) has resumed as offices had re opened Diwali holidays on Monday.
K.R.Kamath to be CMD of PNB
As the grapevine has it decks have been cleared for K.R.Kamath Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) Allahabad Bank to become the new CMD of Punjab National Bank (PNB) have been cleared. Kamath who had assumed the charge as CMD Allahabad Bank last year will have longest stint as CMD of the PNB.
(We said this on august 5,2009)
DIG level changes in Delhi Police on the cards
DIG level changes are expected to take place in Delhi Police in a day or two.
Open selection not to be done for Commissioner, KVS
As the grapevine has it open selection will not be done for selecting new Commissioner of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) that falls under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) being headed by Kapil Sibal.
Major Vedprakash is non-official Director CBI
Congress leader Major Vedprakash has been appointed non-official part-time Director of the Central Bank of India.
Jayant Sinha is posted in Jharkhand
Jayant Sinha, Principal Director of Audit, London, on completion of his term and on return has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (A&E), Jharkhand, Ranchi. He will relieve RK Verma, Principal Accountant General (Audit), Jharkhand, Ranchi, of the additional charge held by him
D Raj Kumar joins as MD, BPRL
D.Raj Kumar on promotion has joined the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) run Bharat Petro Resources Ltd (BPRL).
Sudarshan Gupta is number two in Panel
Sudarshan Gupta of the EIL is reportedly number two in the panel prepared by the PESB for the post of Director (Finance) Engineers India Ltd..
Rajesh Kumar to join SPG
Rajesh Kumar is likely to join the Special Protection Group (SPG) as DIG. He is 1995 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.
Amitabh Ranjan promoted in IB
Amitabh Ranjan has been promoted to the rank of Joint Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Raghuram moves to Rabat
Raghuram S, Third Secretary in Paris, has been moved to Rabat in place of Rajendra Singh. Singh has been shifted to Lusaka.
NSG to have one more IPS officer
NSG is going to have one more IG rank IPS officer with headquarters in Delhi.
IAS changes in Karnataka
District Collector Gadag, M V Prasad has been transferred in Karnanataka. Shikha will replace Prasad.
IPS changes in Meghalaya
A.R. Mawthoh has been appointed new SP of East Khasi Hills. L.B. Rapthap will now be the principal of Police Training School.
IPS postings in Jharkhand
Sunita Gupta is new SP of Dhanbad.Manoj Kaushik has been moved as Commandant of the Jharkhand Armed Police.
Tenure of Rajiv Yadav extended
Deputation tenure of Rajiv Yadav, IAS(AM:81) as Executive Director, Indian Trade Promotion Organisation(ITPO) has been extended for 3 months .He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Inter-cadre IPS transfer
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for Inter-Cadre transfer of Ms. Aslam Khan, IPS(MP:07) from Madhya Pradesh to AGMUT cadre.
Ms Sushma Nath gets additional charge
Ms Sushama Nath Secretary, Department of Expenditure Ministry of Finance has been given additional charge of the post of Member (Finance), Atomic Energy Commission, Space Commission and earth Commission.She is 1974 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Chandramouli is now Secretary AIDS Control
K.Chandramouli has taken over as Secretary, Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the vacancy of Ms. K. Sujatha RaoHe is 1975 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Pradhan gets one year extension
Deputation tenure of B.Pradhan as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Northern Coalfields Limited(NCL) has been extended for a period of one year from October 16. He is 1989 batch IOFS officer.
Chitra Gouri Lal is CBEC Member (Legal & Judicial)
Mrs Chitra Gouri Lal, CBEC Member (Legal & Judicial) will look after the administrative control and supervision over the charge of Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise and Directorates of Chief Commissioner, CX, Bangalore; Chief Commissioner, Customs, Bangalore; Chief Commissioner, CX, Chennai; Chief Commissioner, Customs, Chennai; Chief Commissioner, Customs (Prev.), Chennai; Chief Commissioner, CX, Cochin; Chief Commissioner, CX, Coimbatore; Chief Commissioner, Customs & CX, Hyderabad; Chief Commissioner, CX, Mysore; Chief Commissioner, Customs & CX, Visakhapatnam; CDR; Directorate of Legal Affairs besides work relating to Settlement Commission, CESTAT and Authority for Advance Rulings.
P N Vittal Dass is CBEC Member (Personnel &Vigilance)
P N Vittal Dass, CBEC Member (Personnel &Vigilance), will look after the administrative control and supervision over the charge of Chief Commissioner, Customs, Delhi; Chief Commissioner, Customs (Prev), Delhi; Chief Commissioner, CX, Delhi; Chief Commissioner, CX, Meerut; Chief Commissioner, Customs & CX, Lucknow; DG, NACEN; DG, Vigilance and CVO DG, HRD.
S D Majumder is CBEC Member (Central Excise)
S D Majumder, CBEC Member (Central Excise) will look after the administrative control and supervision over the charge of Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise and Directorates of Chief Commissioner, CX, Chandigarh, Chief Commissioner, Customs & CX, Jaipur, Chief Commissioner, Customs, Ahmedabad, Chief Commissioner, CX, Ahmedabad, Chief Commissioner, CX, Bhopal, Chief Commissioner, CX, Nagpur, Chief Commissioner, CX, Vadodara, Chief Commissioner, TAR, DG, CEI; DG (Audit) ; DG (Inspection) and Directorate of Publicity & Public Relations.
Y G Parande is CBEC Member (Budget, Service Tax & Computerisation)
Y G Parande, CBEC Member (Budget, Service Tax & Computerisation) will look after the administrative control and supervision over the charge of Chief Commissioners of Chief Commissioner, Customs, Mumbai-I; Chief Commissioner, Customs, Mumbai-II; Chief Commissioner, Customs (P), Mumbai-III; Chief Commissioner, CX, Mumbai-I; Chief Commissioner, CX, Mumbai-II; Chief Commissioner, Customs & CX, Pune; DG (Systems) and DG (Service Tax).
SK Goel is CBEC Member (Customs, RI&I, Exports and Safeguards)
SK Goel, CBEC Member (Customs, RI&I, Exports and Safeguards) will look after the administrative control and supervision over the charge of Chief Commissioner, CX, Bhubaneswar; Chief Commissioner, CX, Kolkata; Chief Commissioner, Customs, Kolkata; Chief Commissioner, CX, Ranchi (HQ at Patna); Chief Commissioner, Customs (P), Patna; Chief Commissioner, CX, Shillong; DG (Export Promotion); DG (Safeguards); DGRI; DG (Valuation); Directorate of Logistics and CRCL.
CBDT transfers 33 Additional/Joint Income Tax Commissioners (UPDATED)
CBDT has transferred 33 Additional/Joint Income Tax Commissioners. Those transferred are B.V. Gopinath who on return from deputation has been sent to Delhi, Ashok Kumar Saroha has been transferred from Gujarat to Delhi, Ch. V. Gopinath has been transferred from Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh, D. Sudhakara Rao has been transferred from Tamilnadu to Andhra Pradesh, Satish K. Goyal has been transferred from West Bengal to CPC, Bangalore, Deepali Chandra has been transferred from M.P. & Chhatisgarh (UOP) to U.P.(W), Javaram Raifura has been transferred from CPC, Bangalore to Karnataka, Rakesh Gupta has been on return from deputation sent to Rajasthan, Vijayalakshmi T.H. has been transferred from Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh, Alok Sinqh on return from deputation has been sent to Delhi, S.K.Jain has been transferred from Rajasthan to Delhi, Sanjay Kumar on return from deputation has been sent to West Bengal, Sukhveer Singh Choudhary has been transferred from West Bengal to Delhi, T. Diwakara Prasad has been transferred from Mumbai to Andhra Pradesh, S. Prabhakar has been transferred from Tamilnadu to Andhra Pradesh, Manish Mishra has been transferred from Mumbai to D.G. (Systems), Delhi, Kesang Yangzom Sherpa has been transferred from West Bengalto Delhi, Banita Devi Naorem has been transferred from U.P.(E) to Delhi, Rajeev Benjwal has been transferred from Tamilnadu to Karnataka, Veenaraj has been transferred from Tamilnadu to Kerela, Chutranjan Dash has been transferred from JCIT (OSD),CBDT to UP (W), Ashima Neb has been transferred from JCIT / OSD, CBDT to Delhi, Meera Srivastava has been transferred from Tamilnadu to Karnataka, Naveen Gupta has been transferred from JCIT(OSD), CBDT to Mumbai, Neeraj Pradhan has been transferred from Orissa (UOP) to MP& Chhat1sgarh, Navneet Manohar has been transferred from JOT / OSD CBDT to Delhi, Sanjog Kapoor has been transferred from Orissa (UOP) to Delhi, Naina Soin Kapil has been transferred from U.P.(E)(UOP) to Rajasthan, Arun Kumar Gujjar has been transferred from JCIT/OSD, CBDT to Delhi, Aarsi Prasad has been transferred from JOT (OSD), CBDT to Mumbai, P.V.Pradeep Kumar has been transferred from Kerala to Karnataka, Hemant Kumar Chimanlal Leuva has been transferred from Gujarat to Pune and Shekhar Gajbhiye has been transferred from Bihar (UOP) to NADT, Nagpur.
Misra is Director, Environment and Forest Development.
AK Misra, IA &as (1995) has been made Director, Environment and Forest Development.
Goel is Director Biotechnology
Sanjay Goel of IRSME (1989) has been made Director Biotechnology
Ms. Anuradha Vemouri is Director Health and Planning
Ms. Anuradha Vemouri, IFS (UP - 1991) has been made Director, Health and Planning
Kamal Deep is Dy. Secr AIDS Control
Kamal Deep Singh, IDAS, 1996 batch, has been made Deputy Secretary AIDS Control
DN Singh is Director Defence
DN Singh, IFS, (UT - 1987) has been made Director Defence

CORPORATE
Ram Singh to be Director (Finance) EIL ?
Ram Singh is being tipped to be Member (Finance) of the Engineers India Ltd(EIL).He is presently ED in the BPCL.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Tharoor was too busy twitting so he was totally oblivious!!
Now he’s awoken and has said something that for us for quite some time is obvious!!
Tharoor says there is no change in Paki attitude on terror…….stale news is my take!!
But then from his twitting abhi abhi kiya Tharoor ne awake!!
Paki attitude has not changed and will not change in the foreseeable future!!!
With terror Pakistan ne apne aap ko karr liya hai suture!!
Suture can only be removed surgically and Uncle Sam has the know - how!!!
But Uncle Sam is in no mood to do this surgery now!!!
Today Uncle Sam sees no reason to operate and is in fact pumping in money!!!
And the money lands up in ‘terror outfits’ hands and these outfits are anti USA…. how funny!
K is an issue but for terror organizations US is the epicentre of ‘haraam’!!!
Some of them even spit out after they take US’s naam!!!
Problem for terror organizations is that it’s not easy to undertake terror attacks on USA!!!!
And then USA retaliates with drones and missiles and makes them pay!!!
So they keep the fire under K burning and India is an easier target,
Their craving for creating terror with India they wet!!
Vote bank politics, corruption, non violent by nature make India’s fight against terror stumble!
They attack us and to take precautionary measures or to respond we fumble!!!
And now there is news that US's Taaliban eradication effort is a flop!!
For it to succeed first aid to Pakistan US must stop!!
In Maharashtra and Haryana Netas are at a loose end!!!!
Some are driving their families around the bend!!
Not used to seeing them at home for so much time families are in a tizzy!!!
Many of them say ‘ when will these guys get busy’ ????
Rahul Baba why make comments that do not make sense???
Or do you think Indians are dense????
You are being groomed or should I say you are grooming yourself for the PM’s post!!!
So why this ‘I’m not for PM’s post’ boast?????
Even if you cry yourself hoarse people will still not believe this boast of yours!!!
And for ‘Pariwaar waad’ in Indian politics there are no cures and this India endures!!
But without a doubt you trying to gain credibility!!!
And trying to show that to lead you have the ability!!
This I’m sure that post Mohna you will take over as such ‘seat warmers’ are impossible to get!
Hope you remember how ‘loyalist and getting ready to retire’ Rao made your Mom fume and fret!
You cannot rule out even a loyalist like Shivraj Patil from developing wings!!!!
Though today Psalms for your Mom he sings!!
Mohna is a rare package of capability and loyalty!!!
A rare example in an arena where hardcore loyalists have a streak of disloyalty!!
Make any of these hardcore loyalists PM and see their loyalties change!!!
From Sonia's ‘remote control’ they’ll be soon out of range!!
Confucius says…. Mohna like all of us has a limited shelf life!!!
So Rahul you now have two projects… get the able and capable tag and get yourself a wife!

Flash.... jaise ko taisa milla..... Paki terror outfits have done a job in Iran!!!
And now Iran is hairaan and pareshaan!!

Or is blackest pot calling the blackest pan black!!!
Fact is both look equally black on the rack!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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India should question China's locus standi on Tibet
This is with reference to D Chowdhary's write up captioned, 'Insult to every Indian' (WIC 19 Oct 2009). Apart from questioning China's fake claims over Arunachal India should actually question China's locus standi vis-a-vis Tibet on the whole.
Those who claim or believe that Tibet has been an integral part of China are going against hard facts of history. Tibet has always been an independent nationality with its own culture, history, ethnicity and above all its own territory distinct from the Chinese people or the Chinese state. Because of their isolated geographical location, the Tibetan people have always been loners and mavericks of sorts. They have never been fond of mixing up or even interacting with any other country or society outside their own fold. The only exception has been India as they have had close cultural ties with us uninterruptedly for over 1500 years.
In the early 7th century, the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo sent a group of Tibetan scholars to India (and not China) to bring home a writable script so that the knowledge acquired by the Tibetan society over centuries could be preserved for posterity. Thume Sambota, the only one from the group to have survived the rigors of the harsh journey and the hot Indian climes brought to Tibet the Devnagari script then in vogue in the Indian centres of learning from which has evolved the Tibetan script. It has become so firmly rooted in Tibetan scholastic traditions that all the crude efforts by the Chinese State have failed to uproot it and replace it with Chinese script. Thume Sambota also took with him Panini's magnum opus on Sanskrit grammar, Ashtadhyayi (literally meaning the book of eight chapters) and derived from it the rules of Tibetan grammar in eight chapters (Ashtadhyaya).
The core of Tibetan society has evolved from the social and individual norms of ethics, the metaphysical world view and the theory of knowledge rooted in the ancient Buddhist traditions as taught to the Tibetans by scholars like Shant Rakshit and Dipankar Sarvjnan from Nalanda and Vikramshila in India. No doubt the Tibetans who are peace and knowledge loving introverts have contributed significantly to the evolution of Buddhist Philosophy into a distict Tibetan school of thought nevertheless the basic fact is that they have had such close reltionship with us that it won't be an exaggeration to call Tibet and India cultural extensions of each other.
As against such close and ancient ties with India, Tibet's association with China is perfunctory and that too as recent as 1790 when the Chinese forces marched upto Shigarte, then about a week's distance from Lhasa to repulse an aggressive contingent of the Nepalese army determined to overrun Lhasa. The aggressors were chased right up to Kathmandu and before the Tibetans could decide how to express their gratitude for this unsolicited protection, the Chinese declared Tibet to be a protectorate of theirs. In 1856 once again the Chinese repulsed another Nepalese incursion into Tibet but this time they persuaded the Tibetans to pay an annual tribute @ Rs 10000/- to the Nepalese. It is only in 1949 that the Chinese army forcibly entered Tibet after Mao's ascendance to power in China. A treaty was entered into between the aggressors and Tibet two years later but even as per this treaty the Chinese have made a solemn commitment that they shall ‘Not Interefere With The Religious, Cultural And Political Institutions Of Tibet.. The impunity with which the Chinese have reneged on this solemn commitment is for every one to see.
It is time we brush up the history books, show the pages to the Chinese and the world and take the bull(y) by horns by questioning the very basis of Chinese presence in Tibet,
NN Ojha
BHEL executives restless
There is lot of unrest among BHEL executives all over India in the delay (almost 11 months after DPE has cleared the proposals) in settlement of wage revision.
Almost all CPSE's Large and Small have already implemented the wage revision for executives and arrears for three years have been paid!
The feeling among the executives is that the management is deliberately delaying the wage revision as they are not able to settle the wage revision talks with the trade unions even after nearly 10 meetings.
There is also a feeling that a deliberate attempt by management to delay the revision to as this improves the cash flow condition and reduces borrowings. In fact management is enjoying at least 600 crores of interest free money due to all employees!!
It is certain that the executives are planning for a 1 day flash strike towards end of October or First week of November 2009.
There is one more rumour that the BHEL management may further delay the wage revision for executives by appeasing the workers by giving them yet another adhoc or interim payment.
BHEL Executives.
Huse allotments – a scam
The house allotments being done by the directorate of estates is nothing but a scam. This month it is seen that people much low in priority have been allotted ground floor houses from general pool in the name of medical reasons when some of them had not given such choices. Further, the houses have been changed from GP to TP without any reasons thus leaving GP even lesser in number. This is despite the fact that TP is flushed with houses. It is a pity that while officers of 1985-86 batches are struggling to get V-A in GP, the TP pool has vacant houses and still not being transferred to GP even though officers of 1998-99 and later batches are getting such houses. Are we equitable in our approach ? Is someone listening ?
Raj
An eye opener
It is indeed an eye-opener. If the high and mighty can be pulled up by the CIC, an average PIO hardly stands a chance. But how many officers have actually been trained?
S K Gulati
Where is parity ?
If PM clears the file for all Col at 18 years of service and no selection for Lt Col to Col . This obviously was done to maintain parity Vis A Vis with all others services. Why do not see beyond a well/restricted knowledge -what is happening to other services. This is specially directed to the gentleman who goes above PM and adversely commented on 01 Oct 2009,that selection should stay etc. We all need to see bigger picture to understand and than comment. So long we were fighting for parity, where that is gone.
K Roy
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE
Yes
GTY kpr@yahoo.com
No, I am not agree . The age should be 58 years only
Sudhir Srivastava sudhirigrms@gmail.com
No
A K Gopal akgopal@hotmail.com
Increase or decrease in Retirement age of Govt. Servants--- A lot has been said on this site regarding this issue. If a person/persons can frame policies in the parliament/legislature of the country at the age not ever defined or debated by any logic, where is the question of it being debated for the government servants. The politicians in this country continue to be on the pay rolls of the government. even if he is more than 80 years old and how does it matter even if he illiterate or does nothing for the public he represents. He should only be a source of funds for his Party and manage to fool the people of his constituency every five years by distributing money/liquor bottles or making false promises. There are conduct and discipline rules for the government servants but only privileges for the politicians as defined by the British during the days of slavery. Statistics will speak for themselves how many politicians have been taken to task by the Privileges Committees. This debate is meaningless. If the political class feels that this enhancement is in their favour, they will do it. If they don't wish the country or the merit does not matter. For the politicians of this country the following is very appropriate:
I come first always and every time,
The people who vote for me come next always and everytime, and the country I rule comes the last always and everytime"
Accordingly these people will never extend or reduce the retirement age uniformally & transparently for every government servant but will use it as a tool to selectively dole out this favour to their loyal Chamchas in the Bureaucracy.
God save the country!
Hoshiar Singh hoshair@yahoo.com