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Companies to retire their managing directors at 70
Companies may now retire their managing directors at the age of 70 years as the Companies Bill of 2009, now before Parliament, seeks to place an age limit on chief executives and key management personnel who run day-to-day affairs at the companies they manage.
Gyanendra Badgaiyan is a silent worker
Gyanendra Nath Dhar Badgaiyan who is Private Secretary to UPA chief Ms. Sonia Gandhi & also Secretary of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) has attained a very rare distinction of being a silent worker. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of the UT cadre. Badgaiyan who is a widely travelled bureaucrat is a soft spoken, polite & a diligent worker. Badgaiyan is also known for his meticulous planning & penchant to teach. Besides, service to have nots is very dear to Badgaiyan's heart.
Dina Nath Pandey is PS to Ms.Meira Kumar
Dina Nath Pandey has joined as Principal Secretary (PS) to Lok Sabha Speaker Ms. Meira Kumar. Dina Nath Pandey is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Nikhil Kumar appointed Governor of Nagaland
Retired 1963 batch IPS officer and Congress leader Nikhil Kumar has been appointed Governor of Nagaland.
( We said this on October 1)
A K Chugh poised to join as Secretary in GoI
As the grapevine has it, AK Chugh an IAS officer of the 1974 batch from Jharkhand cadre, is poised to join the Government of India (GOI) on deputation.
Vikram Doraiswamy to replace Navdeep Suri ?
Vikram Doraiswamy is likely to replace Navdeep Suri in Johannesburg. He is 1992 batch IFS officer. Suri is being tipped to be Spokesman of the MEA.
Subhash Chandra to join GoI
Subhash Chandra is being tipped to be Director Security - Commonwealth Games. He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
IPS changes in Orissa on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, changes of IPS officers are on the anvil in Orissa.
1984 batch of IAS gets PS rank in Jharkhand
As many as four IAS officers belonging to the Jharkhand cadre have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary(PS). They are: Rajiv Kumar Resident Commissioner (RC) of Jharkhand Government in Delhi, PK Jajoria Secretary PHED, UP Singh Joint Secretary Steel in Government of India (GOI) & RK Shrivastava Managing Director of the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF),Delhi.
BP Rao has many challenges
New Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of BHEL, BP Rao who took over on Thursday has many challenges before him. Main among them is to strengthen the Board.
DVC Chairman post lying vacant
Post of Chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has been lying vacant for the last 10 months. Last Chairman was A K Burman.
NUIA to move into LIC building in New Delhi
Office of the National Unique Identity Authority (NUIA) headed by Nandan Nilekani is being set up into LIC building in Delhi's Connaught Place.
IA&AS officer Ms Prasad promoted
Ms. Malashri Prasad (IA&AS-76), Director General (AB) in the CAG office has been promoted to the grade of Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General [HAG+Scale: Rs. 75500-(annual increment @ 3%)-80000]. On her promotion, Ms. Malashri Prasad will take over as Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Report States-III) in the headquarters.
IA & AS officer Gupta promoted
JN Gupta (IA&AS-76), Director General (Railway) has been promoted to the grade of Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General [HAG+Scale: Rs. 75500-(annual increment @ 3%)-80000]. On his promotion JN Gupta will take over as Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AB) in CAG office.
Congress has an edge in Haryana
In run up yo the assembly polls to be held in Haryana on October 13,2009 indications are that Congress party seems to be having an edge. The opposition is in total disarray, while incumbent Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda enjoys a clean image. The poll truck between Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) & Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) fell through earlier. Similar fate was met with by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) & Janatantrik Congress party (JCP). However, pollsters say that revolt in Congress & JCP may change political scenario in Haryana
Mrs Bindu Agnihotri is new Principal IFA (Army-O)
Mrs Bindu Agnihotri (IDAS:1978), IFA(Army-O), New Delhi, has been posted as Principal IFA (Army-O), New Delhi.
IPS officer suspended in Bihar
IPS officer Indranand Mishra who is SP Khagaria in Bihar has been suspended. AnuuiaRansingh will be new SP of Khagaria.
Sailo is new Chairman of Tripura PSC
S Sailo has been appointed Chairman of the Tripura Public Service Commission, He is retired 1988 batch IAS officer of Manpur-Tripura cadre.
Kamla is of Tripura
Senior Rajasthan politician Dr Kamla Beniwal will be new new Governor of Tripura.Present Governor D N Sahay will demit office on October 12.
Wajahat Habibullah to go J & K
Chief Central Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah is not going to Assam as Governor.J & K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked for the services of Wajahat Habibullah for the state. Wajahat Babibullah who is retired 1968 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre may return to the state as State Information Commissioner.
Air Marshal Bhangu takes over
Air Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu has taken over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Gujarat based South Western Air Command.
PLI corpus to be invested in the market
The PLI corpus will be invested in market. For this an agreement will be signed at a ceremony to be held in Dak Bhawan, Delhi on October 6,2009.The ceremony will be presided over by Ms.Radhika Doraiswamy ,Secretary Posts.U.K.Sinha Chairman UTI will sign it on behalf of UTI Asset Management Company & Achal Gupta Managing Director (MD)SBI MF Management will sign it. From the side of PLI it will be signed by Shekhar Sinha , CGM PLI.
RTI
File Notings - A former Jt. Secretary sought complete notings from the relevant files of Estt. (B) Section relating to the Selection to the posts of Member, Staff Selection Commission on two specific occasions including the note submitted by the Cabinet Secretariat on the EO's Office file for the directing of the Appointments committees of the Cabinet (ACC).
The Commission noted that initially the information was denied on the ground that in accordance with the definition of the word "information" as appearing in DoPT's web site, the file notings are not included as a part of the information. Part of the information was denied on the ground that the Cabinet Papers including deliberations of Officers which are part of the note portion of the file are exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(i) of the RTI Act.
Appellant desired the recommendations of the High Power Committee held by the Chairman, SSC which according to his information has placed him at No. 1 in the list of those recommended for appointment. Noting that the matter is complete and over, the Commission held that there is no justification for invoking exemption under section 8(1)(i) and ordered for disclosure.
Comments
Appointments to higher positions are not transparent and tend to be looked upon with suspicion. With transparency making inroads, the opacity should give way to excellence.
Mrs. Anuradha Verma
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE
(A new decision every Monday)
[Shri A. K. Saxena v. DoPT in Appeal No.CIC/WB/A/2009/000108]

CORPORATE
Liquidity in share market is keenly being watched
High liquidity in share market of India is keenly being watched. All those concerned with are amazed because shares of certain companies were being sold at 17 to 18 per cent higher than their market value.
Bihar Government and ICICI Bank
The Bihar government has reportedly directed all the state government departments not to deposit any money with the ICICI Bank.
Srivastava is Director (Operations) Oil India
S K Srivastava has taken over as Director (Operations) Oil India.
Sanka promoted in DLF
Ramesh Sanka has been promoted as Managing Director of the office business by the DLF.He would also be responsible for support functions, including finance and IT.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
After trivializing Sonia's austerity drive now Congressis are trivializing Rahul's order!!!
Does this mean like in BJP now in Congress too there is disorder???
Rahul ordered Congressis to stay in Dalit homes to get a feel of the problems they face!!!
And as ordered to Dalit homes many Leaders did race!!
But some took fans, mattresses and utensils along and one even cooked her meal!!!
How do you think this must have made Dalits feel????
Congress Leaders expected that on them the Dalits would fuss,
Dalits must have felt are they here to understand our problems or taunt us????
Maya is going to have a field day taking on Congress's Yuvraj!!
And in the end rather than befriending Dalits Congress will end up making them naaraj!!
CBI has defied logic to let off Mr.Q…Project let off commenced in UPA's previous stint!
And Q's 'letting off' was in the works the previous Law Minister did hint!!!
This is no excuse that the cost of the investigation is more than the ghoos involved!!!
It's wrong to say everything was done in a bonafide way and case could not be solved!
In Indians eyes Q and Gandhis still stand in the dock!!!
And Indians also know why the 'mystery' CBI has not been able to unlock!!
This step has not gone down well with Indians and though it'll be forgotten soon!!!
In the future it will raise its head again and Gandhis will be in the dock with Q the goon!
Prices, Q's acquittal , Congressis trivializing austerity and Dalit home stay!!
Congress's goodwill is dissipating with every passing day!!
'Cutlery' and subservient Government Agencies give our Netas false 'hope'!!!
I feel they actually end up giving the Netas a long rope!!
In Haryana candidates are stinking rich and all are gun crazy!!!!
However the outcome of this election is not hazy!!!
It's pretty clear Congress will win though seat numbers will fall!!!!
In Haryana a dwarfed Opposition is making Congress look tall!!
In Maharashtra if Raj delivers then BJP Sena cannot win!!!
And by the looks of it by Raj BJP Sena Alliance will be done in!!
Pawar is playing a double game!!!
He's with Congress and also working to make Congress lame!!
Why should Air India MDs clan get free tickets to fly at will????
Why is AI footing AI's MD's family's globetrotting bill???
I'm sure if some digging is done using RTI as a tool Praful's 'chitta' will be known!
Like how many times his family and extended family 'fukat' by AI have flown!!
And some would say 'with what has been made in the Boeing deal'!!!
This 'I'm not taking salary is a pacifier so that we do not cry when robbed we feel'!!
Navjt Singh Sidhu spent time laughing like a jackass in Laughter Shows on Telly!!!
He wasted time in Mumbai and Delhi !!
For 90 days he was absent in his constituency because he felt insulted,
That a 'dushman' was appointed to AIT and so this self imposed banwaas resulted!!!
This is a classical example of how our MPs neglect work after get elected!!!
They forget that for work and not for taking up their personal cudgels they are elected!!!
Confucius says…. once our MP's get elected they forget why they are elected!!!
They forget that to serve their constituency they have been selected!!
Adds…. rather than serving their constituency our MPs live it up and let their egos run loose!!!
Arre Bhai for serving them and not ruling them public ne kiya hai aap ko choose!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
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Why is this allowed ?
Recently I went to the income tax office to check up on my refund. The staff was on strike. The officers could not do a thing and I had to come back without getting even any information. When the Indian Airlines strikes, there is some check on them, when essential services strike, there is some check on them too, but there does not appear to be any check on these folk. Why is this allowed to go on- a Pilot.
Arjun Malik
Rule of law cannot be enforced in India
Your news regarding continuing of OSDs of JS rank with cabinet ministers only show that rule of law cannot be enforced in India. Even PM's writ doesrun in GOI- what a shame. Instructions/circulars/rules are only meant for lesser mortals . The powerful and well connected "Bureaucrats" can ignore them easily! Reforms are needed there.

T K Ghosh

Reasons behind frustration in Border Security Force:

1. An officer in BSF is still deputy commandant after 15 to 16 yrs of service and his counterpart enrolled in the same year through CPOs exam is either 2ic or commandant. However army officer becomes lt col in 12 years and gets pay band 4 but BSF officer is likely to become 2ic after 17 to 18 yrs of service but he will remain in pay band 3.
2. Army personnels posted anywhere, like in army Hq Delhi get full 60 days of annual leave, 28 days of casual leave and ration money. However personnels posted in BSF Hq at places like Bandipur, Kupwara in Srinagar and same type of places in northeast gets only 30 days of annual leave and 8 days of casual leave and no ration money.
Now few questions that BSF personnel are generally asking but not getting the satisfactory replies causing frustration in them.
1 Are we not staying away from our families?
2 Do we require less days of leave to spend time with family?
3 If we stay in any Hq then BSF personnel do not require ration.
4 The courses in BSF are like army and the course covers conventional war subjects to give support to army but still why are we not at par with army in any case?
5 Our BSF act and rule is carbon copy of army act and rule which says BSF is an armed force but why are we not considered as an armed force?
6 BSF does not have any peace and field of 3years unlike BSF staying in borders or line of control during their full service period then why our allowances are less than army?
7 In all the places of disturbance and line of control BSF units are under the operational command of army brigades doing the same job like army then why BSF is not at par with army?
8 Our identities in our villages was of a fauzi and now we are neither fauzi nor police. Why this tragedy?
Request a debate on this subject since all higher authorities are IPS officers and have no concern about the BSF personnel.

Raj

Air India service is very poor

Government of India ordered to travel all eligible officials by air only in Air India. However, service conditions of Air India are very poor and irresponsible. I booked ticket from Dimapur to Hyderabad. Air India operated flight from Dimapur to Kolkata whereas connecting flight from Kolkata to Hyderabad was cancelled in the last minute. They did not provide any boarding facility to the passengers for Kolkata. Instead of this, they made us to travel in the next day's flight. Even in flight itself, seats and seat cushions are damaged. I think A India is buying time.

T Srinivasa Rao

DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE

The average longevity has increased in the twenty years. The retirement age should be increased to atleast to 62 years.

Amit amitmahua@yahoo.com

29-9

Yes

P W Ingty pwingty@yahoo.co.in

The government of India has a huge number of employees in the lower rungs of hierarchy and most of them have become unproductive as they are unable to adapt to the present day work culture. They are badly ego stung and put their egocentricity before the efficiency and output. What good they are for governance. Enough that they eat government exchequer up to 60 years. They should not latch on to service but opt for retirement themselves even before 60, if government provides them some incentive for pre-mature retirement. Certainly not, these people are busy in politicking and grabbing more share for themselves.

Hari hariman_creativity@yahoo.com
Yes

Diwan Chand diwanc@mailcity.com
No it should not be 62. Rather it should be 58. Reason, now the Govt. is introducing biometric for attendance. People who come from NCR will be the most sufferer as Delhi is always Jam and one can not reach office by 9.00 AM even from Gurgaon if he starts at 0745 hrs. In the old age, it is very difficult to run after DTC buses and reach office by 0900 hrs.

Prakash Arora aparora_1987@yahoo.co.in

We want enhancement of retirement age to 62

Surjit Singh surjitsingh2002@hotmail.com

Yes. it will facilitate country's growth in very matured way with experienced and matured mind and without any thing extra towards its fill ups.

baqridan baqridan_siddiquee@yahoo.co.in

Yes, Life span of human being is increased. Now a days the health awarness, Medical facilities and liabilities of the human being are also increased. So that the retirement age will be increased upto 62 years.

Vijay Singh Khatri vskhatri1957@Indiatimes.com

YES IT SHOULD BE 62

Dina lokesh_922000@yahoo.co.in

No. Youth should be encouraged. Due to economic slowdown there is less opportunities in the private sector and raising the retirement age to 62 will deprive the youths the opportunities. It will be a political blunder for UPA to raise the age to 62.

Krisha krkdas@gmail.com

The age limit for retirement must be raised to 62yrs. The present life expectancy has come to 75 yrs on average hence by increasing the retirement age people will be able to contribute to society for a longer period. Only one condition must be kept that the person should be physically fit and do not suffer from any of chronic ailments. Already in private industries this is raised to 65 yrs. Therefore raising the retirement age to 62yrs. is highly recommended.

A B Gupta guptaabin@yahoo.com

62 year of age of retirement to be done without delay if politician or government head ,no limit of age. why should it apply for bureaucrats.

Bhajni Ram Meena brmeena_cvo@yahoo.com

The age of superannuation of teaching professional has already been raised to 65 years the private organisations/ MNC's appointing Govt. retired personnels and gaining their expertise in increasing profits therfore GOI should also consider this fact and allow government employees to render their services upto 62 or more years of age.

V K Saxena saxena.vkumar@gmail.com

Yes, it should be 62

Jyotika Randhawa jyotika@rediffmail.com