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Will Krishnan be Secretary Youth Affairs ?
Now the name of S Krishnan has started doing the round for the post of Secretary Youth Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
Review of 1974 and 1975 batch IAS this month
Review of 1974 and 1975 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place after Diwali.
Delhi based 1979 batch IAS officers to get preference
Posting of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India will commence from next month. There is an indication that 18 officers of this batch currently serving in Delhi will get preference in postings.
RAW stalemate continues
Meeting of superceded senior RAW officials with the Prime Minister has reportedly yielded no result.
Ranjan Chatterjee to join Planning Commission
Meghalaya Chief Secretary Ranjan Chatterjee is joining the Planning Commission of India as Consultant.He is 1976 batch IAS officer.
Pariat to be Chief Secretary of Meghalaya
W.M.S. Pariat will succeed Ranjan Chatterjee as new chief secretary of Meghalaya on November 1. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Governors appointment in November
About half a dozen new Governors are being appointed in the second week of November.
MDs in companies may continue after 70 if share holders permit
Though the Companies Bill of 2009, now before Parliament, seeks to place an age limit of 70 years on chief executives and key management personnel who run day-to-day affairs at the companies they manage, managing directors who cross 70 will be able to continue in their positions if the shareholders pass a special resolution to that effect.. In such a case, a special resolution has to be passed by at least 75 per cent of the shareholders present and voting.
1978 batch IAS to get CS rank
Dr Devashish Gupta ,IAS 1978 batch, Jharkhand, is poised to get the Chief secretary's rank.
Two posts of Director in BHEL vacant
There are two posts of Directors that are lying vacant in BHEL of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is BP Rao. They are of Director ERD & Director Industrial Systems & Products( IS & P). While the post of Director ERD is vacant for quite sometime, the post of Director IS & P fell vacant following elevation of Rao as CMD,BHEL.
SN Misra is new Principal CDA(Navy), Mumbai
SN Misra (IDAS:1979), Joint Secretary (Aerospace), Department of Defence Production, MoD, New Delhi, has been posted as Principal CDA (Navy), Mumbai.
Tardy progress of Commonwealth games
Though count down has begun for the next year's Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi, progress is still reportedly tardy due to lack of rapport between different agencies.
Basumatary promoted as Principal Accountant General
1983 batch IA&AS Pinuel Basumatary has been promoted as Principal Accountant General (HAG: Rs. 67000 - Rs. 79000) and posted as Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal at Kolkata. Prior to this he was Principal Director of Audit (Central) at the same station.
Ms Srinivasan promoted as PAG
Ms. Subhashini Srinivasan (IA&AS-82) has been promoted to the grade of Principal Accountant General [Pay Scale: HAG: Rs. 67000-(annual increment @ 3%)-79000]. This is without prejudice to the right of her seniors.
House of former President goes to SC Pool
The Centre has allotted to the 'Supreme Court pool' the house used by the former President, K.R. Narayanan, on Prithiviraj Road in New Delhi. It is to be converted into a guest house for judges.
Jaiswal to move New York
Deputy Secretary (AMS) in the Ministry of External Affairs is moving to New York on a newly created post.
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. UK 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.
Khandelwal to be Chairman of Mutual Fund ?
Outgoing Chairman of the Bank of Baroda Anil Khandelwal is likely to become Chairman of the Baroda Pioneer Mutual Fund.
Faiz Ur Rehman is CPMG Uttaranchal
Faiz Ur Rehman who so far was DDG International Relations (IR)in Department of Post has been transferred as CPMG Uttaranchal. He is an Indian Postal Service (IPS) officer of the 1976 batch.
K.L. Khanna is CPMG Punjab
K.L. Khanna who so far was DDG Estate in Department of Post has been transferred as CPMG Punjab. He is an Indian Postal Service (IPS) officer of the 1979 batch.
Ms. Shanti Nair is CPMG Madhya Pradesh
Ms. Shanti Nair who so far was a GM in Department of Post in Kerala has been transferred as CPMG Madhya Pradesh. She is an Indian Postal Service (IPS) officer of the 1979 batch.
Subramanian is new CGM BSNL Chennai
A Subramanian has taken over as Chief General Manager of BSNL Chennai Telephones on Monday.
IAS changes in Bihar
Rahul Singh will now be DM of Bhagalpur.Vandana Preyasi has been made Director Urban Development.Anand Kishore has been made DM Muzaffarpur.Bipin Kumar will be Director Mid-Day Meal Scheme.
IPS reshuffle in Bihar
Muzaffarpur DIG B Srinivasan has been given additional charge of Champaran DIG.
IG (operations) S K Bhardwaj will now be IG (railways). K S Dwivedi has been made IG Operations. Arvind Pandey will be the new Saran range DIG. K S Anupam will now be SP Gopalganj. Muzaffarpur SP Sudhanshu Kumar and Bhojpur SP Sunil Kumar will also exchange postings.
Interview for DG, IGRMS -Bhopal on October 7, 2009
Interview for selecting new Director General (DG) for the Bhopal based Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) will be held on October 7, 2009.Short listed candidates are:Reddy of Salarjung Museum Hyderabad, Prof K.K.Mishra Hyderabad Central University, Dr.Alok tripathi Superintending Archaeologist (SA) of the archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Delhi & a professor of Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Bhopal.
Bhanu to return to Assam in November 2009
As the grapevine has it M G V K Bhanu presently on inter cadre deputation to Andhra Pradesh since August 2004 will return to his parent cadre of Assam in November 2009. Bhanu is Special Secretary to Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah had written to the Centre for an extension to Bhanu.
Andhra Pradesh CM Konijeti Rosaiah sits in CM's chamber
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah has started sitting in the Chief Minister's chamber at Hyderabad located secretariat from October 5, 2009.
Promotion of 1985 batch IAS in AP in a limbo
Promotion of IAS officers belonging to 1985 batch in Andhra Pradesh as Principal Secretaries (PSs) is reportedly in a limbo. As the grapevine has it the Government is taking a view that as per the new pay commission report they should have put in at least 25 years of service.
Harjot Kaur is CVO of BIC
Harjot Kaur Bamhrah has been appointed CVO of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).Kaur is 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Sharan join GoI
Vimlendra Sharan has joined the Ministry of Agriculture in the Government of India. Sharan is 1992 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Capt Beri is OSD to CMD Air India
Capt Beri has been appointed new OSD to Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav.

CORPORATE
Royal Bank of Scotland appoints Gudibande as head Corporate Financing
Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Anil Gudibande as head Corporate Financing and risk solutions division. Gudibande has, in the past, served Citi groups in India.
Gupta is new ED Axis Bank
Axis Bank has appointed Somnath Sengupta as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer.
DLF and Chawla
Saurabh Chawla would continue to lead the investor relations and structured treasury functions of the DLF..

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Najyot 'Jackass' Sidhu was slated to join Big Boss!!!
With his absence of 90 days Amritsar's Voters with him are already cross!!
If he had gone into the Big Boss's house he'd have been missing again!!!!
And I'm sure Big Boss house members would have run out on account of auditory pain!!
The man is loud and crass and a show off to the core!!!!
Just mouths one- liners he's mugged up and stored in his mental store!!!!
Imagine an MP willing to get himself locked in for two months for a TV show!!!
In MP's book of misdemeanours a new low!!!
Pathetic seeing a Congress MP tear into chicken in the name of Dalit home- stay!!!
Something every viewer ne karra hogaa flay!!
This Dalit home - stay could have been endearing if it came from the heart!!!
Genuine concern and drama baazi can very easily be set apart!!!
Rahul how can you expect Netas who become MPs to live it up give up their aisho-aaram?
For them giving up their aisho aaram is haraam!!!
Rahul should have shortlisted Congress Netas for Dalit home- stay!!
Due diligence being undertaken would have been the right way!!
Hope Maya has heard of charity starting in one's own ghar!!!!
And as per reports Maya 'ne apna ghar liya hai bhar'!!!
So when she starts a drive against corruption she should start with herself!!!!
And also with her Head Elf!!!!
And these kind of Bees keep a cut apne aap ke liye!!!!
Minimum 20% of joh 'Party' ke liye liye!!!
And in some cases the Worker Bees keep it all!!!
20% retention ko loyalty charge karte hai call!!!
100% percent is 'apna bhi kabhi kabhi sochna chahiye' charge!!!!!
And ammount in such cases is very large!!!
So Maya Bhenji apne aap se karro anti corruption drive start or shuroo!!!
If by chance she reads this she'll call Mishra and lament 'abh kya karoo'???
Government cannot tell India Inc., 'pay packets that are huge should be cut'!
Kursheed please rethink your statement futta-futt!!!
Government can tell India Inc., to play a 'social role'!!!
Kursheed 'soch ke boll (say)'!!!
Leave it to India Inc., to effect belt tightening and using the money to play a social role!!
Kursheed can make it clear to India Inc., that now there is an unspecified and unwritten social toll (tax)!!
Haryana's 11 Ministers and CM travelled to Kanyakumari from Haryana everyday!!!
An unbelievable fuel bill Haryana Sarkaar did pay!!!
See the pilferage ……… a fortune must have been made by the overbilling!!!
At most one tank full everyday the cars must have been filling!!!
Rest was billed but not filled!!!!!!
Via the RTI this can of petro guzzling worms has been spilled!!!
Sonia you need to tell Congress Mantris to practice austerity in taking Sarkaar for a ride!
Expecting them not to do this at all would be foolish as they will never abide!!
In the austerity drive tell them to cut fuel and power bills by twenty percent!!!!
And make it known to them that 'saving account sheet' to High Command has to be sent!
Confucius says……. Sonia has her limits and will not go beyond a certain point!!!
Cardinal rule…… trappings of power should not disappoint!!!!
Adds……. if power does not leave a sweet taste in the mouth then what's the use or power?
And austerity measures will be leaving in the mouth of our Netas a taste that's sour!!!
Bharat Kumar
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Readiness for Commonwealth Games
While our airport and other games facilities are getting ready there has been no effort on the part of Government of NCT (Shiela Dixit) or MCD to remove the encroachments, expand the roads that are bottlenecks. It makes no purpose to build swanky airports, if the passengers are to get stuck at Mahipalpur, Masoodpur, Vasant Kunj or Nelson Mandela road. It is high time the Government takes immediate steps to widen the roads leading to the airports.
Venkat Reddy
Sell Air India
there is a fresh argument to sell our family silver ( AI). It is perhaps a good idea to consider this option now. the strategy should be to hand over controlling stakes ( 51%) to a private player, who can restructure the airlines. GOI should keep 26% stake and mandate three things with the new owner
1. All existing routes must continue to operate for another 5 yrs (Will ensure that there is no political crisis, if flights to of our state capital is stopped)
2. Will ensure there is NO LAY OFF of existing employees ( subject to the condition that duties and roles, designations and perquisities of existing staff incl pilots can be changed by the new management )
3. Air fare should be governed by market forces and not by extraneous factors ( thus for any unviable route, the air fare would be much higher, rather than it being cross subsidized).
This has the advantage of getting the best out of this ailing airlines. It also has the advantage that Government could make a political choice of ( waiving airport and other taxes including fuel surcharges etc) to all the airlines including Air India, if they desire that flights should operate in any particular sector ( say North East or any other state).
Sudha
Global Health and scientific Governance
It is important for India to recognize that it needs to play a more proactive role in Global health and scientific governance, as it is presently a marginal player. This is important in areas of scientific research, medical research and education, public health policy, procurement policy and procedures of medicines and equipments , vaccine and related issues . global fund . The efforts should be to identify bureaucrats/technocrats and expose them to workshops, conferences and short term assignments with international agencies ( UNESCAP, WHO, UNFCC, UNEP, academic and research institutions across the world. China, Brazil and other developing economies have been working on this for sometime and we need to be aware that our bargaining power , at the global level has to go beyond the realms of normal diplomacy and into hard core medical and scientific hard bargaining
Sudhir Kumar
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE
Yes, I agree that retirement age of Government servants should be raised to 62 years. As the life expectancy of general public has increased this should be done and moreover Government will also have some breathing space keeping in view the cash crunch and recession.
S S Bhatia ssbhatia_pnb@yahoo.com
Retirement age should not be raised to 62.
Valsa Kumar valsakumar@hotmail.com
Yes. It will reduce immediate financial burden on the economy. The experienced employees can be gainfully utilized
Kamakshi Prasad Panda kppanda_1010@rediffmail.com
No. Let the younger generation take over.
Gayathri gnair64@gmail.com
Yes
R V Nathan tnr_rvn@live.com
Retirement age to be kept as 60 years. It should not be brought down to 58 years, according to the wishes of the Ministers concerned to appease the masses and to take political mileage of a political party.
Bhowmik bhowmik@yahoo.co.i n
The retirement age should not be raised to 62 years.
K P Lall kplall1951@gmail.com
Make a stop to all the discussions on retirement age. Keep it as 33 years of service irrespective of the maximum age subject to fitness. This is disadvantageous to me. Even then it is OK. Let me also go without promotion which I am dreaming of.
Prasad sreesayee@indiatimes.com
There should not be any age for retirement. All the Government servants should be allowed to work till their death so that their experiences can be utilized.
Meeran A S asmeeran2002@yahoo.co.in
As health standard & longevity has improved, the retirement age needs revision.
A K Bakshi