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Alok Prasad to be Deputy NSA ?
Alok Prasad is being tipped to be Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).He is 1974 batch IFS officer.
Centre for counter terrorists to be high tech
As the grapevine has it, the centres for counter terrorists are going to be high tech. Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram's recent trip to the US was part of the same exercise.
Rani Jadhav appointed Chairman of TAMP
Former Chairperson of the Mumbai Port Trust Ms Rani Jadhav has been appointed new Chairman of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). She is retired 1970 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
( We said this on September 17 )
Karamvir Singh is new DGP Uttar Pradesh
Karamvir Singh who till recently was Special DGP in the Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has assumed the charge as new DGP of Uttar Pradesh on September 23, 2009. He had returned to the state on September 19,
2009 is . It may be stated that as the ADG (North) CRPF Karamvir Singh had made a notable contribution during the assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir. A 1975 batch IPS officer Karamvir Singh will get 23 months to serve.
Vikram Singh's new posting yet to be finalized
Posting of outgoing DGP of Uttar Pradesh Vikram Singh is yet to be
finalized. He is an IPS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the
UP cadre.He will retire seven months later.
Ranbir Singh moves to Hyderabad
Member (Administration) CAT in Jabalpur Ranbir Singh has been moved to Hyderabad. He is retired 1971 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Hriday Narayan to move Jabalpur
Member (Administration) CAT in Hyderabad Hriday Narayan has been moved to Jabalpur.
2 AGMU cadre IFS officers to be elevated as PCCF
As the grapevine has it, two Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers belonging to the AGMU cadre hailing from the 1979 batch are going to be promoted as PCCF. They are: Avinash Mishra & JL Singh.
VK Gupta not joining as CVO
As the grapevine has it VK Gupta, who was appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), will not be joining. He is an Indian Postal Service (IPS) officer of the 1989 batch.
J S Mathur joins GoI
J S Mathur has joined the Government of India as Joint Secretary Drinking Water.He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Asit Gopal to be Director in Tribal Affairs
As the grapevine has it, Asit Gopal is going to join the Tribal Affairs Ministry in Government of India (GOI) as a Director. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1990 batch.
Resentment brewing in IFS fraternity
As the grapevine has it, Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers are quite sore over the tardy progress as far as empanelment of their colleagues belonging to batches of 1986,1987 & 1988 in Government of India (GOI) is concerned. It has been in a limbo for about a year now.
Arvind Mehta relieved to join GOI
Arvind Mehta who on central deputation has been appointed as Joint Secretary Commerce & Industries was relieved by the Himachal Pradesh Government on September 22, 2009 . So far he was Principal Secretary (PS) Finance with the Himachal Pradesh Government. He is Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer of the 1984 batch.
(We said this on July 12,2009)
MR Nayak to be ED Allahabad Bank
It is now certain that once JP Dua, Executive Director of Allahabad Bank is elevated as CMD of the Bank, MR Nayak will be one of the Executive Directors of Allahabad Bank. At present he is a General Manager (GM) with the Corporation Bank.
Can former IB Chief's weekly income be Rs.1.5 lakh ?
Can one former IB Chief's weekly income be Rs.1.5 lakh ? Normally no one would believe it but it is a fact. Guess who he can be.
Umesh Sinha to be CEO UP
Umesh Sinha is being appointed Chief Electoral Officer in Uttar Pradesh. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.
2001 batch of IPS to get ad hoc promotion
As the grapevine has it, Indian Postal Service (IPS) officers belonging to the 2001 batch will be elevated to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) on ad hoc basis.
Dr. VK Bahuguna attends global meet in Nepal
Dr VK Bahuguna had delivered the Key Note address in a recently held International workshop on Community Forestry in Nepal .The workshop was held at Pokhra, Nepal from 15th to 19th September 2009 and was organised by the Government of Nepal. It was sponsored by FAO and other UN agencies. 200 participants attended the workshop from 46 countries. President of Nepal Dr Ram Baran Yadav inaugurated the workshop. Dr Bahuguna also chaired two plenary sessions and helped in finalisation of the world charter on Community Forestry 2009. This is the second time that he was invited by the international audience to give the Keynote address. He had also given the keynote address in 16th Commonwealth Forestry Conference at Perth in April 2001.Dr Bahuguna is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1979 Batch belonging to Tripura cadre. He is presently with the NRAA.
Ms. Jayshree Arde to join ICFRE
Ms. Jayshree Arde is going to join the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) Dehradun. She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
RKB Singh is DPS, Gwalior
RKB Singh is Director Postal services (DPS), Gwalior. He is an Indian Postal Service (IPS) officer of the 1989 batch.
Three DIG rank officials have quit CISF over the past two years
Of the 20 middle-rung officers who have quit the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the past two years, due to career stagnation in the force, three were of deputy inspector-general (DIG) rank.
Rana selected for UNMIT
Rajeev Rana, DC, SSB, has been selected for UN Mission in Timor L'ste. (UNMIT).
Ramesh Kumar to move to Nicosia
Second Secretary in Luanda Ramesh Kumar has been moved to Nicosia.
Allahabad HC judge transferred
Allahabad High Court Judge Tarun Agarwala has been transferred as a Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court.
Uttarakhand High Court Judge transferred
Uttarakhand High Court Judge Jiwan Chandra Singh Rawat has been transferred as a Judge of the Jharkhand High Court.
GS Sandhu to hold addl charge of PS Home in Rajasthan
Guru Dayal Singh Sandhu, Principal Secretary (PS), Urban Administration & Local Self Government (LSG) to Rajasthan Government, has been given additional charge of PS Civil Administration, Home & Jail.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
C.K. Gandhirajan has been posted as IG, Headquarters, Chennai. Sanjeev Kumar will now be IG, Administration, Chennai. Mahender Kumar Rathod has been made DC, Headquarters, Madurai City. J. Rajendran will be DC, Traffic, Madurai City. P.Nagarajan has been made DC, Law and Order, Coimbatore.
Anil Kumar gets additional charge
Anil Kumar, IAS(UP:73), Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development will hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment during the period of leave of K.M. Acharya, IAS(MP:74) till September 28.
Gupta gets new posting in Railway Board
Jagmohan Gupta, SAG/IRAS presently working ED(FE)/Railway Board has been posted as ED(FB) vice Ms.Anjali Goel, SAG/IRAS. Ms. Anjali Goel is posted as ED(FE)/Railway Board vice Shri Jagmohan Gupta.
IAS postings in Jharkhand
Sumant Sinha has been appointed as Secretary of Jharkhand State Electricity Board . A K Sinha will now be Settlement officer Dhanbad.
Candavelou is Dy Secretary MHA
V Candavelou has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.He is 1997 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Menon is Director Census
V M Gopala Menon has been appointed Director Census in the RGI.He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
21 Deputy/Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax transferred
As many as 21 Deputy / Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax have been transferred. Those transferred are : P.K Srivastava from West Bengal (UOP) to Gujarat, RL Deepak from CPC, Bangalore to Karnataka, Birendra Kumar Gupta from Pune to UP(E), Monika Sharma from U.P. (B) to U,P.(W), Dr Shalini Verma from U.P.(W) to Gujarat, K Mahboob Ali Khan from NWR to Delhi, Makhan Lal Sardar from Orissa to West Bengal, Satyajit Mandal from Delhi to West Bengal, Biswanath Das from Orissa to West Bengal, P Koya from Tamil Nadu to Kerala, Sudip Kumar Sarkar from NER to West Bengal, Arun V Umate from Nagpur to Pune, P V Yadav from Gujarat to Mumbai, P Bhut1a from NER to West Bengal, S K Solanki from M.F. & Chhatisgarh to Gujarat, G Prasad from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh, Sanjay Mallick from NER to West Bengal, Satya Narayan Kabra from Nagpur (UOP) to Gujarat, Dulal Chandra Mandal from Bihar to West Bengal, P Muralidhar Nayak from Mumbai to CPC, Bangalore (Karnataka) and M B Padmavathy from Andhra Pradesh to Karnataka.

CORPORATE
KR Kamath to be CMD of PNB
As the grapevine has it, KR Kamath, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) Allahabad Bank, is going to be the Punjab National Bank (PNB)
(We said this on June 29,2009)
JP Dua tipped to be CMD Allahabad Bank
It is now certain that once KR Kamath, CMD, Allahabad Bank, moves to PNB in the same capacity then JP Dua Executive Director of Allahabad Bank will step into his shoes as CMD of Allahabad Bank.
Nandan Shrivastav appointed GM-CC Bank of Baroda
Bank of Baroda has appointed Nandan Shrivastava as General Manager- Corporate Communication at its Mumbai head office. Shrivastava has succeeded Depankar Mookerjee who retired early this month. Before this posting Nandan Shrivastava was General Manager Retail Banking.
CVC penalises Ex- SSE, Minsitry of Railways
CVC has ordered reduction of pay by two stages for 6 months in the case of one Ex- SSE, Minsitry of Railways.

Aaj Ki Aaawaz
BJP Neta Parrikar says Advani is like rancid aging pickle!!!
The funny bone this analogy sure does tickle!!!
Though Advani's coterie will say ' Feni's got Panniker high'!!!!
They'll demand that before speaking he should sober down by sipping coffee or chai!!!
No doubt Advani did a lot for BJP but now he's past his shelf life!!!!
And its said he hung on after being egged on by his daughter, son and wife!!!
It was all about not changing their life styles....Leader of Opposition has his perks!!!
His wifey complained to BJP 'for his lifelong service this is how you pay him you jerks'?
Taking cue from wifey's complaint Advani applied to LOP chair Araldite!!!!
And in response to demands for his resignation his coterie put up a fight!!!
Advani Ji hang up your shoes and walk into oblivion!!!!
You cannot continue to lead BJP till its time for you to return to the pavilion!!
You have to go and the sooner the better for BJP!!!!
With you continuing 'Bharatiya Jammed Party' is the new analogy of BJP!!
BJP is stuck in sinking sand!!!
To get BJP out of the sinking sand you should retire and give BJP a helping hand!!
Back to the issue that could make Congress hide….. austerity drive!!!!!
Public is glued to see at destinations how Congressis arrive!!!
Don't let it look ….in Sharad Yadav's words…. like a load of bull shit!!!
How apt…. Congress will get bull shit if in cattle class its Mantris/MPs do not sit!!
And now the austerity knife has to cut deeper….. the splurge disease is deep!!!!
But the patient cannot be knocked out for surgery and during surgery will weep!!
Mantris and MPs are sore ….we are being shortchanged they grumble!!!!!
And as all of them are doing so it's started to sound like a rumble!!!
They feel they have the right to be treated like Nation's son in laws!!!!
They also feel that they are above the Nation's Law's!!!!
And Tharoor cannot be seen thumbing his nose and getting away!!!
For his nose thumbing he must be made to pay!!!
To make Paswan and Laloo vacate the Ministerial bunglows use Big Boss!!!
Lock them in Big Boss's house and then their samaan from the bunglows karro toss!
And both will readily participate in the show....publicity ke liye kuch bhi karwa lo!!!
Into Big Boss's house for Big Boss II happily they will go!!!
Send Paswan's samaan to Patna and Laloo's samaan to a house as per his new status!!
He's only an MP and its time they stop on Laloo the 'Mantri fuss'!!!
Though its said that both have palatial houses in and around Dilli but luggage has to go,
To the 'registered house' and to anywhere else it is an emphatic no!!!
In Mumbai and Thane Sena will cut Sena's votes…..Uncle versus Bhanja!!!!
It'll be like a kite fight and both are 'using glass lined manjaa'!!!
Pawar in the meantime is keeping in touch with Balasahib…. what's cooking???
Some give and take …. that's what its looking!!!
Pawar by nature always hedges …… power by hook or crook!!
That is why he's trying to put some 'Sena bait' on his hook!!!
Congress must realize that in Maharashtra and Haryana price rise,
In aata, dal, veggies, oil and rice.
Will cause Congress electoral pain!!
And on this issue Opposition will gain!!
In Harayana the damage will be lesser as the Opposition is tattered and torn!!!
But in Maharashtra BJP and Sena could make this for Congress a painful thorn!!
And with the one who created this price rise as Congress's ally!!
On price rise Congress will have to artfully lie!!!
Of course all our Netas have a Doctorate in taking Public for a ride!!!
So let's see how Congress will keep its vote bank on its side!!!
Confucius says ……..'Ek to Netaon ki mehengaayi maar gayi'!!!
Baaki joh bachaa mehengayi maar gayi!!!

Adds... Opposition will say the 'austerity drive' is to reduce the negative impact of price rise!
They'll say Congress is hoping that to stop votes from deserting Congress this step will suffice!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
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Does the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation need an IAS Secretary?
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India have been under the Non-IAS Secretary, Dr. Pronab Sen, a well-known economist of International fame and repute since last two and half years. An objective evaluation of the system under Non-IAS Secretary is the need of the hour. In view of Dr. Sen's proximity to the centre of power, Government may be reluctant to do this exercise, but in the larger national interest of strengthening the National Statistical System, this exercise should be done sooner than later. I am confident that Dr. Pronab Da, being an excellent economist, would also welcome such a move.
The National Statistical Commission constituted under the Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan to find out a better mechanism for ensuring reliability, adequacy and timeliness of statistical data sets recommended constitution of a permanent National Statistical Commission with a secretary designated as Chief Statistician of India (CSI). CSI has been made ex-officio Secretary to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Unfortunately, in spite of the best efforts of Dr. Sen, the system so envisaged is in reverse gear.
Time-lag in release of data has increased. For example, data for 63rd Round (July, 2006 - June, 2007) of NSSO is still to be released although the fieldwork has been completed more than two years back (June 2007). It may not be out of order to submit that according to directives the data should have been released by June 2008 itself. Is anyone accountable for this inordinate delay? Is it not true that this has partly happened because of pre-occupation of some key officers in writing personal papers ignoring their basic duties and partly because of demotivating style of the present leadership in NSSO? Independent researchers have observed that the unit level data of NSSO of recent few rounds have serious reliability problem. Moreover, nothing has been done for improving the adequacy of the data sets. Thus, the system, on all three counts, namely, reliability, adequacy and timeliness is in reverse gear.
Indian system is yet to mature to be self-motivating and self-driving. Therefore, too friendly approach of Dr. Sen is proving counterproductive. Senior officers have no fear and hence neither responsible nor accountable. Otherwise, can anyone explain as why in the last week a workshop has been arranged by Data Processing Division in a five-star hotel at Ahmedabad, far away from its headquarters, Kolkata, in spite of recent austerity circular? Against the normal quota of ten, thirty odd officers performed air-travel from Kolkata to Ahmedabad for the workshop. Has this workshop been arranged at Kolkata the expenditure would have been just 1.5 lakh against the present expenditure of Rs.15 lakh.
It is surprising that the Ministry has no sense of urgency for addressing urgent needs. The post of ADG, DPD is vacant since 1st July 2009 and a panel of officers is available for the posting. But posting has been delayed basically because of gender bias. It is an irony that ISS Officers desires parity with IAS in promotion and facilities, but do not want similar parity in responsibility or liability. Delhi based officers, especially from fair sex, avoid posting at Kolkata at all cost. There are many other serious issues which cannot be put in public domain for obvious reasons. But we hope that the UPA Government, which is serious about transparency and accountability, will definitely consider posting an IAS Officer as Secretary of the Ministry at least for administrative work.
R S Roy
Regarding NSA annoyed at leakage of China incursion report
The NSA has already proved less than capable of holding his post, following the 26/11 attacks. Covering up yet another security goof, and lulling the nation into complacency regarding Chinese intentions, smacks of the behaviour of the security setup immediately prior to the 1962 Himalayan blunder with China. Indeed, already we are seeing the same sort of behaviour. Is it a coincidence that after the demoralization visited upon the armed forced by the VIth CPC, the Chinese are acting up, and the Pakistanis are too? Who knows, maybe the whole VIth CPC fiasco vis-a-vis the armed forces was engineered by the far more competent than ours secret services of our two enemies in the region. Our armed forces demoralization is their gain! We are a nation of fools, if we forget our recent history so quickly. Or if we allow crooked elements to subvert us from within.
A concerned citizen.
Don't lose sight of Shiv Shankar Menon
It is indeed a pity that former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon's exceptional talent is being wasted. He has not been given any position so far after retirement. His services are priceless and should be utilized immediately. His knowledge of Chinese affairs could be very useful. Hope the PM does something fast.
A visitor
Raji Philip was selected on both occasions as CMD - BHEL by different bodies.
According to reports published in your website Raji Philip, CMD, Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC), was selected for the position of CMD - BHEL in December 2007 by PESB. Now again in 2009 another committee consisting of senior IAS officers (without a common member) has selected him for CMD - BHEL. But on both occasions he has been pushed to No.2 position despite the fact that he heads the second largest organization (HPC, which is next to BHEL in terms of scale, size and performance) in the Department of Heavy Industries and had exemplary performance record. If anybody suspects a deep rooted conspiracy, he can not be blamed. It was well known that Santhosh Mohan Dev was the evil force in 2007-08.
K J Raman
All nonsense !
This is all bakwas, an austerity drama. These leaders can not be believed on what they say and what they do. If Rahul Gandhi assumes himself amongst common men, then he should adhere to their problems, which every common man is facing.
Siddharth Singh
IPS officers are welcome in CPMF
Being an officer in CPMF I would love this idea of IPS officers joining CPMF at the level of assistant commandant. Let's eradicate casteism (different entries of officers such as IPS,AC(DE), promotee officer, S S officer of army etc.) among officers. I would further wish and hope that at some stage we must think of a one cadre of all gazetted class A officers in whole India. Let's have a single entrance for all types of officers, be it IPS, IAS, CPMF, states administrative officers etc. Till we have different cadres, we cannot expect progress. I think Class A officers of India are among the most learned and suitable persons in the country and if we could not bring them on same platform then we can never hope to be unified in the country.
Raj
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE
Yes, retirement age should be 62.
Pradeep Kumar Sharma pradeeps_2007@yahoo.com
It is my opinion the retirement age should be increased to 62. In most countries the retirement age is 65. I don't understand why there should be any objections from any quarters if there is an increase in the retirement age. The seniors have an advantage of experience and awareness of the rules and regulations unlike the younger lot today .If they are fit they should be allowed to serve for more years. Of course an option is always there that if one wants to retire at 60 he/she may do so.
Prashant Kapoor <insaaf50@rediffmail.com
Thereafter the issue of reverting to 60 years-retirement age may be reviewed at the time of General Elections in 2014.
Dharam dphura@indiatimes.com
Retirement age should be 62years
N K Mandal sudeeptrek@yahoo.co.in
It is known that the Law Commission has recommended the age upto 70 years. If that be so, why not apply the same formula for bureaucracy as well. If it is only the table job for honorable judges, so is the case with senior officers whose job is is to apply wisdom and judicious analysis on the files, which in turn helps the entire nation. I thought the whole thing needs to be more rational.
Ujagar Singh ujagars@hotmail.com
Yes. Life expectancy of Indians has increased considerably over the last several years. Secondly, it will provide sizable funds to the Govt. for two years to accelerate economic growth.
D C Madan dcmadan@gmail.com
Weed Out Dead Wood,First !!!
There is a strong case for raising the age of retirement in the GOI from 60 to 65 years at par with the teaching fraternity. The IAS officers are already enjoying the benefits by way of getting re-employment in CATs, Commissions, Committees, Regulatory Authorities and so on. Some, even, beyond 70! Then, why deny the same benefits to the non-IAS ? Is this not discriminatory? But, before embarking on such a course of action, the GOI would be well advised to first chop off the dead wood to achieve savings. About 50% human strength in the GOI could be given the golden hand shake, straight away, by a conservative estimate. Only the efficient officials deserve the benefit.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant) aksaxena@nic.in
No public servant of any kind should be allowed to hold any kind of office beyond 65.This should include MPs and Ministers. On retirement all their assets should be confiscated by the state. This will check corruption and abuse of power. More old age homes for the retired should be started by charitable organisations and they should be herded there to roam like empty asses and graze in the commons.
D Choudhury rameez.raja87@yahoo.com
YES
A Louis louis@bheledn.co.in
NO
R C Gupta rcgrcg2007@yahoo.co.in