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Posting of 1979 batch IAS to begin from November 1
Posting of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is expected to commence from November 1.
Dorji empanelled in GoI
Tseten Dorji has been empanelled in the Government of India equivalent to the rank of Secretary. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
Mukul Joshi is out of race ?
Mukul Joshi is reportedly now out of the race for the post of Secretary Telecom in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Rajeet Mitter to be High Commissioner in Bangladesh
India's Ambassador to the Philippines Rajeet Mitter will succeed Pinaki Chakravarty as the high commissioner in Bangladesh.
AP Chief Secretary to get extension ?
Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary P Ramakanth Reddy is all set to get three months extension in service beginning October 1.1973 batch IAS officer Reddy is scheduled to retire on September 30.
Katju appointed Secretary (West) in MEA
Special Secretary in the MEA Vivek Katju will succeed Nalin Surie this week as Secretary (West). Suri is going to the United Kingdom as Indian High Commissioner.
( We said this on July 28 )
Ms. Deepak Sandhu to be Information Commissioner
Ms. Deepak Sandhu former Media Adviser to the Prime Minister is soon going to be an Information Commissioner (IC). Notification regarding her appointment is going to be issued soon. She is an Indian Information Service (ISS) officer of the 1971 batch. An Officer of the Indian Information Service (1971 Batch) Ms. Sandhu was heading the Press Information Bureau (PIB) since August 2005. During her career she also served as Director General (News), All India Radio, Addl. Director General and Head of the DD News Channel, Director of the Directorate of Film Festivals and as spokesperson for the Indian Ministries of Finance, Commerce and Health & Family Welfare. A Pearson Fellow, Ms.Sandhu has represented India at various international events. She is married to Gurinder Singh Sandhu (IAS 1967, MH) and has a daughter.
(We said this on June 20,2009)
Mahim Swamy to be IG, RPF
As the grapevine has it the Mahim Swamy who is currently DIG in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) is going be elevated as an IG.
CWC management & workers ink wage pact
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) of which Managing Director (MD) is BB Pattanaik has inked a wage pact with its staff for one decade.
CGO panel hit by infighting
Working of the Commonwealth Games Organising (CGO) committee has been badly hit due to infighting. As the grapevine has it there is a clash of egos between CGO panel's chairman Suresh Kalmadi & its vice chairman Randhir Singh.
Indian Army changes promotion policy
Indian Army has changed its promotion policy for Major Generals and Lieutenant Generals. It has categorized them into staff and command streams as recommended by Ajai Vikram Singh Committee (AVSC) report. It has come into effect from January 1, 2009.
IFS bouncing back as a preferred choice with civil service recruits
Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is once again bouncing back as a preferred choice of civil service recruits. It is steadily turning into a preferred option of many UPSC top-rankers. Records of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), show that in the past four years, 10 out of the 100 on an average have preferred it even over the IAS.
30 more IPS officials to be inducted for 10 years from now
As against the induction of 100 IPS officers every year, the Ministry of Home Affairs would now induct 130 IPS officers every year. This is being done to meet the shortfall in the state and the central police forces as also requirement of more officers in several new agencies that have been created or are being created due to the changed internal security scenario.
Singh to be GM FCI Punjab ?
V P Singh is likely to join FCI as General Manager in Punjab. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Khan is Assistant Solicitor General
TPM Ibrahim Khan of Kerala has been appointed Assistant Solicitor General of India.
NHAI Member Finance could be from private sector as well
In a major departure from the past the concerning authorities have left the post of Member Finance in NHAI open for incumbents from private sector. New member Finance NHAI could be such an incumbent who has put in at least 25 years of service in the Government or 20 years service in the private sector. Member Finance NHAI Didar Singh is already empanelled in Government of India (GOI) to be appointed as a Secretary. He is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch belongs who to the Punjab cadre.
DPC for promotion of 1980 batch IFS held in HP
Departmental promotion committee (DPC) for promotion of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers belonging to 1980 batch in Himachal Pradesh cadre has taken place. Its three IAS officers will be elevated as Additional PCCF. They are: Hardip Singh Kingra, Pravin Thapliyal & S.S.Negi. Of them Thapliyal is in the parent cadre while Kingra & Negi are on deputation, so both of them will get proforma promotion.
1985 IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh to be elevated
As the grapevine has it, promotion of IAS officers belonging to the 1985 batch in Andhra Pradesh cadre are on the anvil.
Promotion of 1984 batch IPS on cards
Promotion of 1984 batch IPS officers to the rank of ADG is on cards in Madhya Pradesh.
L.C.Goyal PS Finance, Kerala goes on leave
L.C.Goyal who so far was Principal Secretary (PS) Finance with the Kerala Government has proceeded on a long leave. He is IAS officer of the 1979 batch.
Jacob Thomas is Director Ports in Kerala
Jacob Thomas is new Director Ports in Goa.. He is an IPS officer of the 1985 batch.He has succeeded Capt. Vijayan Pillai who has now retired.
U.K.S.Chauhan awaiting his posting
U.K.S.Chauhan who on completion of his central deputation has returned to his parent cadre of Kerala is awaiting his posting order. He is IAS officer of the 1986 batch.
IAS changes in Rajasthan
Ram Khiladi Meena has been made Principal secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. G S Sandhu will now be Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education.D B Gupta has been made Principal Secretary Planning. A Mukhopadhyay will be Principal Secretary Devasthan Department .V Srinivas has now been shifted to Science and Technology. Rajhans Upadhyay, has been moved as Commissioner Industries.Rohit R Brandon will now be Member of Rajasthan Civil Services Tribunal.
Madhukar Gupta has been shifted as Secretary (Industries). His department will now be taken over by Alok as additional charge along with his present assignment as secretary RD.Om Prakash Saini will be PS Animal Husbandary and Dairies.Manohar Kant Kalohita has been made MD Rajseco. Alok is new Secretary Rural Development.
Siya Ram Meena, secretary (School and Sanskrit Eductaion) will replace Upadhyay while Bhawani Singh Detha, managing director of Rajasthan Cooperative Diary Federation, work in place of Srinivas .Nagaur collector Rohit Kumar will now serve as the Project Director of Secondary Education. Samit Sharma will be new Collector of Nagaur. Arushi Ajay Malik will be new Collector of Chittorgarh.
IAS changes in Tripura
Manoj Kumar will now be Secretary Home. Sushil Kumar has been made Secretary Food. K V Satyanarayana will be PS ARD and Agriculture and L K Gupta Principal Secretary Industries.
P C Meena to be Chief Electoral officer Madhya Pradesh
P C Meena will be new Chief Electoral Officer Madhya Pradesh.1984 batch IAS officer Meena will succeed J S Mathur who is joining the GoI as Joint Secretary Drinking water.
Rajwant Sandhu to be Secretary Drining Water in GoI
Ms Rajwant Sandhu is new Secretary Drinking Water in the Government of India.She is 1975 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Meghalaya CS to join GoI
Meghalaya Chief Secretaryi Ranjan Chatterjee has been appointed as Consultant in the Planning Commission in the pay of Additional Secretary for a period of three years.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Ashish Bahuguna is Additional Secretary Agriculture
Ashish Bahuguna has been appointed Additional Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
( We said this on September 8 )
Govindan Nair to head NCDC
Govindan Nair has been appointed MD of the National Cooperatives Development Corporation ( NCDC ) in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on September 8 )
Alok Perti is Additional Secretary Coal
Alok Perti has been appointed new Additional Secretary Coal in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
( We said this on September 8 )
Mangotra is Additional Secretary and FA Food
A K Mangotra has been appointed Additional Secretary and FA Food in the Government of India in the department of Food and Public Distribution..He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre.
( We said this on September 8 )
Three IFS in Rajasthan transferred
As many as Three Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers in Rajasthan have been transferred. While PK Upadhyaya has been posted as Forest Conservator, Medicinal Plant, Jaipur and SS Tiwari has been posted as Deputy Conservator of Forest & Honorary Depputy Secretary, Environment department, Jaipur Regional Forest Conservator, Ajmer, Munish Kumar Garg has been made Regional Forest Conservator, Ajmer.
RTI
Enquiry pending for over 18 years - The gratuity of the appellant who retired in 2006 was withheld because of an inquiry into the case of a fire which took place in one of the Railway Track Depot in 1988. The Commission criticised the apathy, callousness and insensitivity for holding gratuity for an enquiry into a case which had gone on for 18 years and gave the Railway Board given one month's time to settle the issue after which it shall have no moral right to deny disclosure of information.
The Chairman, Railway Board, recommended to initiate an inquiry as to why and because of whom the case has been delayed for 18 years and send a copy of the inquiry to the Commission, with the hope that at least this enquiry will not take years.
Comments
Most people think of the RTI Act merely as a means of seeking information. However, it has a role much beyond that- i.e. to promote transparency and accountability.
[Shri A.K. Bose v. North Central Railway, Allahabad in Application No. CIC/OK/A/2006/00644]
Mrs. Anuradha Verma
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE
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CORPORATE
Two senior executives of Tata group to retire later this year
While Ravi Kant has already stepped down as chief executive of Tata Motors on attaining the age of 65, the official retirement age for all executive leadership positions in the group, Ramadorai and Muthuraman will give up their executive roles later this year.

Aaj Ki Aaawaz
Kulkarni says that Advani will be back!!!
But hasn't Bhagwat already given Advani 'verbal notice' of his sack????
Kulkarni is in the doghouse and is dreaming to come out!!!!
Will Advani bounce back and will Kulkarni come out …. I doubt???
Advani's Maharashtra calculation…..Third Front will eat into 'secular' votes!!!!
Pawar will also play dirty ……on his own hot air Advani floats!!
Rather than taking an honorable exit Advani's chosen a dishonorable one!!!!
And by his own acts in he's been and is being done!!
For BJP's sake I hope Advani and Rajnath call it a day!!!!
They'll continue to damage BJP as long at the helm they continue to stay!!
Today Congress is decrying what they call cold blooded murders in Gujarat !!!
What Congress forgets that it's got a lot of blood on its own haath!!!
At least in Gujarat the Police are being taken to task!!!
After the butchering he did in Punjab KPS Gill ko questions no one did ask!!
Though now Congress has picked up a new trick!!!
Only cold blooded murders in the last five years it does conveniently pick!!!
So Manish Tiwari before you point fingers at Modi remember Congress's past!!!!
Be it the dark days of Punjab or the 1984 riots when humanness Congress did blast!!!
And then do not forget the fire in Punjab was created by Punjab Congress Leaders!!!
You can say they were the terrorism ke seeders!
Modi too needs to realize Islamphobia has not turned stale!!!
In front of issues that affect our day to day life this issue does pale!!!
His pitch should be for Nationalism,
Bring to the fore patriotism!!
Pranab Da walked the talk and travelled cattle class.....why don't MP's understand?
This is just a gesture to tell the people with you we stand!!!
The money saved when they travel cattle class will just be a pittance!!!
But it'll say 'we travel with the people the entire distance'!!!
Some young MPs got Maran to voice their objections on the cut backs!!!!
And some are using 'paid hacks' (Media)!!!
Tharoor keeps harping about the five star culture he's accustomed to!!!!
But what he was doing was not the right thing to do!!!
He was taking a favor from a Hotel Chain and as a Minister this was not right!!!
On the fact that he can favor the Hotel Chain as a Minister he should not loose sight!
By the way his pension becomes due when he turns sixty....money has not arrived!
And before its arrival 'into five star culture he dived'!!
Now that they've earned the brownie points for the Shivaji statue!!!!
Maharashtra Sarkaar should take the austerity cue!!
Announce that Statue will be made when conditions change!!!
Spending such money on a statue as State fights drought looks strange!!!
Think like Shivaji….. would he have wasted money in such a time????
The judicious King that he would have been careful to spend even a dime!!!
Junior Badal's chopper made an emergency landing because of Pilot's pyaar!!
Pilot's girlfriend wanted to fly the Chopper and she took the controls by her Pilot yaar!!
They say after the Chopper landed in a field a farmer reached it,
Found Junior Badal shivering like a leaf and he said in rustic wit.
'Kakaji ki hoya…. eh da tyre puncture ho gaya ki'????
And Kakaji or Sukhbir was so stunned he just kept saying ji …. ji…. ji!!
In Haryana Hooda is facing problems form within!!
Despite this though with a lesser majority Congress will win!!
Congress is getting a walk over as the Opposition in Haryana is in tatters!!!!
More like teams that do not have bowlers, fielders and batters!!
Hooda may be feeling it's his governance that is making Congress win!!
In Haryanvi- English 'Arre Chowdhury Hooda thaare ko ginaoo thaare sin'???
In Haryana they say Hooda aur Venod Sharma hai ek or one!!!
They say Hooda rakes the hay and 'collection and storage' by Venod Sharma is done!!!
Now Jaswant says his book has improved Indo Pak ties…good joke!!!
An unnecessary controversy he tried to stoke!!!
Now who cares who was responsible for the partition…. too late in the day!!!!!
And then when the Partition was done it was there to stay!!!
How come he's forgotten the Brits who were the villains of the piece????
The Brits wanted to cut India piece by piece!!!
Confucius says….. history like law tends to be open to interpretation….in this matter too!
And after reading the book my observation… Jaswant does not have a clue!

Bharat Kumar

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)
Ground all helicopters
A number of brilliant leaders have been lost in helicopter crashes. One such person was NVN Somu, the MoS for Defence in 1998. I feel the Govt/DGCA should ground all helicopters across the country as they are definitely not being maintained properly, leading to high risk. Transfer all these machines to IAF for this purpose and regular use. In future, whenever a helicopter is required to fly down a VIP/VVIP, the IAF should be asked to provide one from its fleet. Better for the country, and for safety of VIPs.
Ujagar Singh -Only IAF officer in the IAS
CIC has no jurisdiction
CIC has no jurisdiction to pass such an order. It cannot go into the circumstances as to how the writing of ACR was delayed or who was responsible. As the per the law of the land, it has to see whether the information sought by the applicant as defined under Section 2 (f) of the Act was provided to the applicant or not. The affected officers should file an appeal in the High Court immediately to get the order of the CIC quashed.
Surjit Singh
Why cry foul ?
Why cry foul over Jaswant Singh or Patels or Jinnahs views on India's partition? Everyone knows that Louis Mountbatten was a well known paedophile and homosexual and he used his wife Edwina to ingratiate himself with morally corrupt Indian polticians. This enabled him to achieve Britains aim of the balkanisation of India. Any guesses who that Indian politician was? My General Knowledge is poor.
D Chaudhury
Vacant posts of Financial Advisors in AIIMS like institutions
It may be clarified that only 4 out of 6 posts of FAs are vacant for AIIMS Rishikesh, Raipur, Bhubaneswar and Jodhpur. Further, the request has gone to all organised Group A Account services and to other services ( Income Tax, Customs and C Excise etc) to nominate officers of DS/Director level
Dr Vinayak M Prasad
Why blame UDC alone?
Why should only UDC be blamed for not doing any concrete work. Whether other levels in officers do the concrete work. U can see even up to the level of Minister not a word is being added to the note being put up by dealing assistant . Even if it is totally wrong . No body has the courage or time to see and correct the wrong notes put up by dealing hands. Do u think others are doing cocrete jobs. Every one is following the other UDC is also a part of the unit service being rendered by the organisation. Either Point out all those levels or dont speak against anybody
Guchhi
How is it related to corridors of power?
This is a clear indication that whispers is turning commercial. Just because one of the roles is a bureaucrats daughter, linking this novel to corridors of power is ridiculous. If it is routine book review , it is ok.
Career Bureaucrat
'Musical Chairs' exercise in futility
It looks like 'musical chairs' exercise in futility. No logic in keeping 1980 batch officers as CIT-appeals. Once again juniors with clout have succeeded in getting plum posts. All have been transferred without any rhyme or reason.
Raaghurane
All subsidies are meant for 'powerful'
Prasad says "Build and give free houses to the downtrodden who have no regular income." The LIG houses and plots, highly subsidised by Delhi Government and DDA were cornered by a Chole Bhature wala, in connivance with MLAs. He also owned a large fleet of luxury cars, all for the benefit of MLAs. Still, the case is pending and no one has been punished.
All subsidies and quotas are meant for wealth making by politically strong persons.
R Kumar
Increase retirement age for time being
In the light of the policy of filling up only one vacancy against three vacancies for the last many years - and that too taking a long time to fill up - causing shortage of staff; payment of arrears due to revision of salaries and the Government thereby facing financial constraints; existence of drought conditions in the country and increased spending to meet this situation plus extra expenditure on holding Commonwealth Games and lesser collection of revenues, it would be desirable to increase the retirement age to 62 to postpone payment of retirement benefits. Thereafter the issue of reverting to 60 years-retirement age may be reviewed at the time of General Elections in 2014.
Dharam
He is gem of a person
I resist myself in offering my comments on the Board as it is a matter within the purview of the Government with various reasons but, certainly, would say that the Chairman 'Prasar Bharati' Arun Bhatnagar has too much gravity in him thru his devotion and extraordinary brilliancy stored in him. Exceptionally, my individual views about BS Lally are that he is gem of person and befitted in the Organisation to tackle various issues.
HS Bhalla
No prizes for guessing
It is well known that Kerala cadre has dominated the scene as far as senior level postings are concerned in recent years. The reasons are far too obvious. What is lesser known is that there is one cadre in NE wherefrom nobody has ever made it to the rank of Secretary to GOI during last 30 years !! No prizes for guessing which cadre it is. It is the same state which has not produced a single union minister in last 30 years!!! So much for the fair regional representation, equality of all cadres in terms of career advancement of officers and impartiality in GOI selections.
Shrimat Srivastava
What is Law Commission's recommendation ?
What is recommendation of Law Commission for increase of age limit of Members of all the Tribunal? Whether recommendation of law commission to raise retirement age of Heads of the Tribunal is for those Tribunal also where heads of Tribunal are not retired High Courts Judges , for example in the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal there is no provision for appointment of Retired High Court Judges as Heads of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal.
Manisha
Whether it is also recommended to increase the retirement age limit of Judges?
Whether it is also recommended to increase the retirement age limit of Judges of High Court and Supreme Court and members of Tribunal or whether it also includes the income Tax Appellate Tribunal and its Members
D C Agrawal
DEBATE ON AGE OF RETIREMENT
If it's ok for teachers, judges, executives in pvt sector, bureaucrats on extension/assignments post-superannuation and politicians to go on and on,so be it for others also upto a limit. Retirement age should be raised to 62 for the reasons of equity & improved life span/health. It'll also mitigate the immediate financial burden on the Govt./PSUs/others.
D K Gupta dkgupta_bpl@yahoo.com
Yes shoud be to62.
Sanjib Talukdar jibdar@yahoo.com
Retirement age should be 62 years.
Gauranga Kar gauranga1223@rediffmail.com
Retirement age should be 62 if not more considering the increase in life expectancy and enhancement of capacity to work more.
Debjani Kar kar_debjani2007@yahoo.co.in
YES
Manjit bhalla.manjit@gmail.com
Yes, age should be 65 years.
P K Bhatnagar pkbhatnagar16@gmail.com