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Appointment of Governors
Appointment of about half a dozen new Governors is expected to take place in the second week of November.
Will R P Agrawal be Chancellor of NEPA ?
Secretary Higher Education R P Agrawal is likely to be appointed Chancellor of the National University of Educational and Planning Administration (NEPA).1972 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer Agrawal is superannuating on October 31.Earlier late Sudip Banerjee was Chancellor of NEPA.
Dhingra to be CMD of ITI !
In all probability, K L Dhingra will be new CMD of the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI).He is presently associated with the HUDCO.
Review of 1989 batch IAS on cards
Review of 1989 batch IAS officials for the post of Joint secretary is on the cards. It would include about two dozen officials.
K.Jairaj to join Planning Commission of India
K.Jairaj who is known as Jerry is poised to join the Planning Commission of India (PCI) as a consultant. He is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
Alok Nigam to look after banking operations & accounts
Alok Nigam has joined as Joint Secretary in department of Banking & Insurance . He will look after banking operations & accounts. Alok Nigam is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.
Vijay Kumar to join GoI ?
Dr R. Vijaykumar is likely to join Ministry of Textiles in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Dr. Subir Gokarn's name is cleared for DG, RBI
Dr.Subir Gokarn who is Chief Economist with Standard & Poor (S & P) for Asia-Pacific region is all setr to be appointed Deputy Governor (DG) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) soon.
Pranab Sen's name-dropped for CEA's slot
As the grapevine has it, the Government of India (GOI) has dropped the name of Pranab Sen, Chief Statistician with GOI, for his appointment to the post of Chief Economic Advisor (CEA).
J.P.Dua will have no problem
J.P.Dua who is Executive Director of Allahabad Bank will not have any problem as far as his elevation as CMD of Allahabad Bank was concerned. A few months back G.S.Vedi was elevated from ED's post to the CMD's post in the Punjab & Sindh Bank.
Chakravarty is new HC to Thailand
Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty currently High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Thailand in succession to Ms. Vijaya Latha Reddy.He is 1977 batch IFS officer.
Bhattacharya retiring this month end
Amitabh Bhattacharya, Advisor, Planning Commission, is retiring this month end. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Who is most powerful person in Petroleum Ministry ?
Who is the most powerful person in the Petroleum Ministry ?.Enquiries revealed that an UDC rank official calls the shot in the entire ministry.
1976 batch IAS to get ACS rank in Rajasthan
Decks are cleared for the promotion of 1976 batch IAS officers to the rank of ACS in Rajasthan.
List of 28 Rly officials sent for empanelment
The Railway Ministry has sent a list of 28 senior officials to the PMO for empanelment as General Managers. Eleven of them are from IRMS, Nine from IRTS and rest from Engineering and Accounts service.
Swadheen Kashatriya to be Commissioner MCM
In all probability, Swadheen Kshatriya will be new Commissioner of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Why appointment of Lt Gen Rath put on hold ?
Why the Indian Army has put on hold the appointment of Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath as its deputy chief.?.This question is being discussed in the army circles.
IDAS officer Rakesh Kumar Pandey transferred
Rakesh Kumar Pandey, IDAS, DCDA, has been transferred from Main Office, PCDA (CC), Lucknow under PCDA (CC), Lucknow to the office of Financial Adviser to MS (B) Mumbai under PCDA (Navy) Mumbai.
Subodh Agrawal joins Rajasthan Bhawan in Delhi
Subodh Agrawal has taken over as Resident Commissioner in Rajasthan Bhawan in Delhi. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
1975 batch IAS promoted in Andhra Pradesh
1975 batch IAS officers Mssrs H S Brahma, Urmila Subbarao, T.Chatarji, Rechel Chatarji, S V Prasad and Sripada Bhalerao have been promoted as Special Chief Secretaries.
Rakesh Mehrotra to superannuate by month end
Rakesh Mehrotra Managing Director (MD) of the CONCOR is due to superannuate by end of October 2009. He had become MD of the CONCOR in 2005 & under his leadership CONCOR attained new heights while achieving new grounds. Mehrotra is a 1973 batch Indian Railways Mechanical Service officer.
Anil Gupta to be acing MD,CONCOR
Anil Gupta who is poised to be new Managing Director (MD) of the Container Corporation (CONCOR) will hold charge of acting MD till regular incumbent joins or till further orders. At present Anil K. Gupta is Director (Domestic) with CONCOR. Anil K. Gupta had joined the Indian Railways in 1983 as an IRTS (Indian Railway Traffic Service) officer. He has been with the CONCOR since its inception i.e. 1989. He had opted for absorption in the same organisation in 1995.
Bimal Julka to deliver a lecture on Oct.31,2009
Bimal Julka is going to deliver a lecture on the "role of defence forces in security of the nation" at Bhopal based R.C.V.P.Noronha Academy of Administration on October 31,2009. The Academy's Director General (DG) is Dr. Sundeep Khanna who is a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer of the 1972 batch. Bimal Julka who is also an MP cadre IAS officer of the 1979 batch had been in the Defence Ministry for a pretty long time. Presently he is Delhi based Resident Commissioner (RC) of the Madhya Pradesh government.
Suraj Prakash posted to CGI Vladivostak
Suraj Parkash, Attche (ITEC)in MEA, has been posted to CGI, Vladivostak and he is expected to join the post soon.
Panda joins Commerce Ministry
Sanjay Kumar Panda has joined as Director(MIS) in DGS&D,Ministry of Commerce & Industry He is 1983 batch of ISS.
IAS changes in Kerala
There is IAS reshuffle in Kerala. New postings are Mssrs:-
P.P. Gopi as Director of Social Welfare, Amit Malik as Director of Sports. V. K. Balakrishnan as Secretary to the Land Boardand Tinku Biswal Director of the Rashtriya Madhyama Siksha Abhiyan.
Book by P K Lahiri
Former bureaucrat P K Lahiri has written a book.In his book, Decoding Intolerance: Riots and the Emergence of Terrorism in India, Prateep K. Lahiri has studied and analyzed in-depth the enduring phenomenon of communal riots in India. He has examined the problem from the perspective of an administrator who has closely observed and handled such riots. At the same time he has surveyed the literature on the subject and boldly attempted to synthesize the differing perceptions of scholars regarding causal factors and dynamics of Hindu-Muslim riots.   The book has been published by Roli Books and is a part of their Lotus collection. Orders for copies may be placed from 28 October 2009 onwards with the Sales Manager, Mr Rajiv Sharma (011-4068 2000). You may also order copies online after signing up at the Roli Books website at www.rolibooks.com.
CCIT- IX, Delhi to hold addl charge of DGIT (Vigilance) (Updated)
Mrs. M Sailo, CCIT- IX, Delhi will hold the additional charge of DGIT (Vigilance). The post has fallen vacant following the acceptance of voluntary retirement request of DGIT (Vigilance), AK Handa.
DPC for promotion of CITs to CCITs held (Updated)
DPC for promotion of Commissioners of Income Tax to the rank of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCITs) has been held. IRS officers belonging to 1977 batch & certain officers of 1978 batch were considered in the DPC meeting.

CORPORATE
Das appointed Director (Commercial) Nalco
Ansuman Das has been appointed the new Director (Commercial) of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)
Das is Chairman of TSIC in Tripura
Retired IAS officer Subhash Das has been appointed as chairman of Tripura Small Industries Corporation (TSIC).
G.K. Vasan receives Rs. 220.54 crore dividend from SCI
G.K. Vasan Indian Minister for Shipping received from the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a demand draft for a sum of Rs.220,53,74,223/- towards the final dividend by the company for the financial year 2008-09. The demand draft was handed over to the Minister by Chairman & Managing Director of SCI S. Hajara in presence of A.P.V.N. Sarma, Secretary(Shipping) and other officials of the Ministry of Shipping in Delhi on October 28, 2009 . This dividend amount reflects the earnings on the 80.12% shareholding of the Government of India in the SCI.For the financial year 2008-09, the SCI, the only Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Shipping, has earned a net profit after tax of Rs.940.7 crore on a turnover of Rs.4,564.5 crore. In the same financial year, the company had also allotted to the shareholders one bonus share for every two shares held, which increased the paid up share capital of the company to Rs.4,23,45,36,450/-. At the Annual General Meeting of
the company held on September 30, 2009, payment of final dividend of 65 per cent i.e. Rs. 6.5 per share (face value of Rs. 10 each) on this increased share capital was approved. The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., is the largest shipping company in India, owning a fleet of 80 vessels of deadweight of 5.4 million tonnes, including 30 crude oil tankers, 10 product tankers, 18 bulk carriers, 10 offshore support vessels, 5 container carriers, 3 chemical carriers, 2 LPG/ Ammonia carriers and 2 passenger carriers. In addition, SCI also manages 58 vessels on behalf of ONGC, other Government departments and SCI's joint venture companies for LNG transportation. Presently, the company has on order 31 ships of 1.8 million deadweight tonnage at various shipyards in India and abroad. The SCI is also in the process of implementing an end-to-end integrated IT system covering its entire operations. The Company has also been awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification for
implementing a company-wide quality management system.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Dr. Bhagwat says BJP needs chemotherapy and surgery but BJP says not needed!!!
As per Dr. Bhagwat BJP’s malady is very deep seeded!!!
Bhagwat has done a biopsy on BJP’s  two lumps (yes you guessed right) or what medically they call growth!!!
And he’s found malignancy in both!!!
So both the growths need to be surgically removed!!!
This is the Doctor’s advice but by the patient the surgery has to be approved!!
And if surgery and chemotherapy is not done the growths could cause BJP’s demise!!!!
So obeying Dr. Bhagwat’s advice would indeed be wise!!!
If BJP disagrees then it could be a kind of euthanasia and here this against the kanoon!
Prognosis is that this surgery for BJP would indeed be a boon!!!
And post surgery BJP will take some time to recover!!!
Say about four years after surgery is over!!!
However the patient has called the Doctor wonky or satkela!!!
Rajnath has commented so and has said aside 'bahut kuch hia maine jhela'!
This is indeed a first for BJP..... calling the RSS head as wonky or satkela!
Not becoming of a patient cum chela!!!
NCP says if it does not get what it wants it’ll only extend external support!
This will not be followed up in Dilli as in Dilli NCP got what it wanted as per a report!
And seems this time Congress wants the Portfolios of Home, Finance and Power!!!
It’s not the quantity but the quality of berths that is making NCP sour!!
In the end seems Sonia will get Pawar to relent!!!!
In this poll NCP should play second fiddle message by the electorate has been sent!
And bhanjaa Ajit Pawar’s heartburn is far from over!!!!
Okay temporarily his flag of protest kiya Ajit ne lower!!
Today he showed his resentment by not attending NCP's Portfolio meet!!!!!
Though Pawar had kept for him a seat!!
As one and half year of his being DCM approaches Bhujbal will start his ronna-dhona!!!
On impending DCM kursi ka khona!!
And believe me Bhujbal really knows how to cry and he has a face that comes to his aid!
He’s going to do everything to ensure that the handover to Ajit is stayed!!
Imagine Rajdhani was taken over by a Maoists Group that’s a TC ally!!!
So that is why after news of the take over into a rage Mamtha did not fly!!
Mamtha should realize ‘we are known by the company we keep’!!!
And what we sow we reap!!!
Pakistan ’s allegation that Indian funds Taaliban is hilarious!!
And if you ask me must have got the Taaliban furious!!!
Maybe this to tell the US ‘we are not using your money to fund Taaliban….. it’s theirs (India)!!!
And we all know for Paki statements how much the World cares!! 
On a visit to J&K Mohna has said India willing to talk to any group for peace in the State!
Some say there's been a change in the stand of some groups of late!!
Let's see if anything comes out of this!!
Will they take up the offer or give it the miss!!
Pakis will do everything to ensure that this offer is given the miss!!!
In fact ISI to all the groups will let out a waring hiss!!
Confucius says....With export of terror curtailed nowadays!!
Blasts are taking place within Pakistan and for its deeds Pakistani public pays!!!
Adds.... Terror was meant for export only but now that exports have come down,
The terror outfits in Pakistan have become active in every Paki City, village and town!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion)
What is an asset?
Assets disproportionate or proportionate, is an issue that has captured more media space in Mera Bharat Mahan in the past 60 years than the GDP growth! This debate has catapulted the mediocre into Netas, MLAs/MPs/Ministers and Chief Ministers too. But the debate goes on and even its pitch gets shriller by the day. Why?
Do we consider some extra wealth(call it black money or whatever you please to choose) or that ingenuity of earning that wealth as the disproportionate asset? One can not remain without admiring the skills of a government servant(group A to D )acquiring assets disproportionate to his/her known sources of income, even when the CBI and the Vigilance wings keep a keen eye on the annual rate of accrual to the net assets of the employee. I have always wondered how it happens? More, how it happens so smoothly? So happily? I did not find the answer till reading the WIC Forum today. The answer is: it is the fifth "Purusharth". The other four are known to everybody(Dharma, Artha, Kaam & Moksha). This fifth purusharth is the only one not known generally--certainly in the ranks and file of the government servants. Otherwise there would not have been so many complaints/grievances posted on WIC and elsewhere. Many of us find it difficult to put up with the goings on in our organisations and feel ethically hurt. Resolutely resisting to compromise our integrity we simply pray for a change for the better. That is just a wish!
Therefore, it is suggested, that all those interested in their ethical health may take the CTT (Corruption Tolerance Test) and opt for a favourable posting, rather than cursing the authority consisting of those endowed with the fifth purusharth called The Corruption Purusharth !
M L Gupta
An emotional outburst !
Which service do you belong to? There is a need to understand contribution of various services to pass a judgement on who is a deserving or undeserving service. I Am a member of CSS which was a vestige of British Rule and once known as Back bone of Secretariat. The policy makers in their wisdom decided to continue the service. Stoppage of Direct Recruitment in SO grade through UPSC is a matter of great concern to many senior level officers. Reason- continuity in decision making. About becoming DS on the verge of retirement, the credit can be given to bad cadre management coupled with interference by various vested interest groups.And my fiend , kindly don't compare the incomparable. Austerity measures of Govt. are universally applicable to any one related/ functioning under the Government. Reduction in pay scales compared to executive powers of the post, implies downgradation, which is resorted to in extreme cases in vigilance matters. Hence, demand for justice which is being considered in DOE.
Perin Devi
Commonwealth games meant to take "Wealth" from "Common" man
To me Commonwealth games are meant to take "Wealth" from "Common" man to put in the pocket of a coteri. The amount of wastages is just too staggering with no financial control or protocol being followed for this huge spending. Mani Shankar Aiyar had a valid argument that can a nation where more than half the population is still devoid of basic amenities afford such luxuries? His views are quite public in nature and he is a gentleman who is unlikely to stoop down to those levels where to enforce his views he would deliberately delay the projects. Infact it is squarely the other way round where the coterie has delayed the projects to create an atmosphere of panic so that their misdeeds can be hided and money can be spent right left and centre without many questions being asked about it. The coterie has also been smart enough to also induct a few good people in the OCA to hide themselves behind thier credibility. Since the nation is now put into a catch 22 situation with no option but to host a successful games the coterie is having a good laugh. God only knows whether their misdeeds would ever come out in public or not?
MB
Why only Telecom?
Look for a another corruption in courts computerisation.
Jesse
Do not condemn 'bureaucracy' as a whole
No doubt, there are few bad fish, but by and large there are efficient, honest and hardworking bureaucrats. There is a close relation of mine, who is so very particular that in the rank of Joint Secretary, the person is punctual, regular, conscientious and would not waste even a minute of official time and would not even use the Official Telephone or Photocopier for own personal use.
Kishore Dudani
System is rotten
Rules are twisted and interpreted for the parties who are fortunate, powerful or near to power centre or in a position to manipulate. For others, its so frustrating. They keep on hoping for a saviour to come who will provide due justice and be fair to these people.
A Visitor