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Centre-State relation committee to be abolished
According to Home Ministry sources, Centre-State relation committee is going to be abolished in a couple of months.
Minutes of 1977 batch IPS not finalized
Minutes of 1977 batch IPS officers for the empanelment to the rank of ADG in the Government of India have yet to be finalized.
Will Jarnail Singh go on foreign assignment ?
Jarnail Singh Secretary DONER is likely to be sent to Ghana shortly after superannuation. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
2 UT cadre IAS officers shifted
As many as two UT cadre IAS officers have been shifted. They are: Udipta Ray Goa to Pondicherry & D.C. Sahoo Pondicherry to Goa.
Mukul Goel joins NDRF
Mukul Goel, IPS UP 1987 who so far was DIG ITBP has joined as IG National Disaster Response Force & Civil Defence (NDRF) in New Delhi on September 24, 2009.
R.K.Saini DIG -ITBP, moves to Lucknow
R. K. Saini, DIG ITBP-1984 has moved from DIG Lucknow to DIG Provisioning at HQ ITBP.
Ms.S. Sundari Nanda joins in Andaman
Ms.S. Sundari Nanda IPS 1988 batch- AGMU cadre, who was Addl. Commissioner of Police Licensing Delhi has been shifted to Andaman as DIG.
The President confers award to K.K.Khandelwal
Krishan Kumar Khandelwal, the State Chief Commissioner of Haryana State Bharat Scouts and Guides was conferred with the highest award of Bharat Scouts and Guides 'Silver Elephant Award 2007-08'. A young & dynamic IAS officer who is known for his administrative acumen Khandelwal belongs to the 1986 batch & is from the Haryana cadre. President Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave the Award to him at a function held in Rashtrapati Bhawan, Delhi on September 23, 2009. Khandelwal has been in the Scouts movement since his childhood. The award was in recognition of his contribution for furthering the same in Haryana.
Anoop Kumar Agrawal is PS to Ms.Selja
Anoop Kumar Agrawal has joined as private secretary (PS) with Indian Tourism Minister Ms.Selja. He is an IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre who belongs to the 1993 batch.
(We said this on August 17, 2009)
Sanoj Kumar Jha tipped to be PS to K.L.Bhuria
As the grapevine has it Sanoj Kumar Jha is tipped to be PS to Kanti Lal Bhuria Indian Minister for Tribal Affairs. He is an IAS officer of the Sikkim cadre who belongs to the 1997 batch.
Ms.Neelam Meena is PS to Shishir Adhikari
Ms.Neelam Meena is private secretary (PS) to Shishir Adhikari Indian Minister of State for Rural Development. She is an IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre who belongs to the 1998 batch.
Yet another feather in the cap of Central Warehousing Corporation
Yet another feather in the cap of Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) of which Managing Director (MD) is B.B.Pattanaik, has been added as the Corporation has been elevated from a Schedule "B" public sector undertaking (PSU) to Schedule A undertaking. Its notification was issued on September 23, 2009. Last time it was notified as Schedule "B" in October 2001. Earlier it was a Schedule "C" PSU. The Government of India (GOI) does this kind of elevation after an evaluation on qualitative & quantitative parameters. While, CWC's turnover in October 2001 was Rs.340 crore, at present it is Rs.850 crore. Remarkable thing about the CWC is that at a time when PSUs & corporate companies were battling with global recession, it had achieved yet another record turnover of Rs.849.25 crore during 2008-09 as against Rs.776.23 crore achieved during the preceding year.
1999 batch of Posts elevated to JAG
Indian Postal Service (IPS) officers belonging to the 1999 batch have been elevated to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG).
CISF officers feel cheated
Some 150 Group A officers recruited in the CISF through the civil services examination and put in the CISF by the Department of Personnel and Training in the 1990s feel cheated as they are still middle-rung officers stuck in pay band III (commandant/deputy secretary rank) while their batchmates in other services like the Indian Revenue Service or Indian Railway Traffic Service have moved to pay band IV (director/joint secretary).
Many vacancies in Indian Railways
Posts of half a dozen General Mangers the CEO of Zonal railways are lying vacant for past several months due to oneup manship between the past and present Minister of Railways.
Pramod Krishnan to join UNDP in Delhi
As the grapevine has it, Pramod Krishnan is going to join the UNDP in Delhi. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1997 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
Ahuja selected for UNMIT
Rakesh Ahuja, SI, CBI, has been selected for UN Mission in Timor L'ste. (UNMIT).
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.
Meeting of CBI Selection Board
Meeting of the CBI Selection Board was reportedly held on Wednesday.
RP Nibariya of SAG/IRSEE transferred from WR to CR
RP Nibariya of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from WR to CR in the same capacity and posted in the cadre.
Transfer of BP Singh cancelled
Transfer of BP Singh of SS/IRSME from NER to DLW has been cancelled.
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 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.
Tenth book published by B K S Ray
BKS Ray (I.A.S., 1972, Chhattisgarh Cadre - retired) has released three books written by him in Raipur. These books are (a) Krantikari-Atankwad ke Viruddha do mitron ki kahanai (b) Meaning of a Midnight and (c) Yellow Leaves Are Falling. While the Hindi novel is against extremist violence, the remaining two books happen to be English poetry relating to love, loneliness, despair and death.
With these three books, Ray achieves the distinction of being the author of 10 books so far.
M K Gupta to move to Guwahati
Member (Judicial ) CAT in Jabalpur M K Gupta has been moved to Guwahati. Mohanty Member (Judicial) CAT in Guwahati will join the Jabalpur Bench.
Vikram Singh is DG Home Guards in UP
Outgoing DGP Uttar Pradesh Vikram Singh has been appointed DG Home Guards and Civil Defence .He is 1974 batch IPS officer.
Nalin Surie takes over as HC in London
Nalin Surie has taken over as India's high commissioner to the UK. He has taken over from Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, who retired recently..
Two new Information Commissioners
Former media advisor to Prime Minister Deepak Sandhu and former Secretary I & B Sushma Singh were on Wednesday sworn in as new Information Commissioners at the Central Information Commission.
IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Meerut DM Amit Kumar Ghosh will now be DM of Lucknow . DM Lucknow Chandrabhanu who has been appointed as Commissioner (Trade Tax). Bhuvnesh Kumar has been transferred to Meerut as DM.
1977 batch IPS gets DG rank in Orissa
1977 batch IPS officer Prakash Mishra has been promoted to the rank of DG in Orissa.
IPS changes in Orissa
IG (Administration) Surendra Panwar has been appointed as IG (Vigilance), Sri Abhay will be new IG (Admn). Jayanrayan Pankaj has been appointed as SP, Bhadrak. DP Majumdar - DCP, Cuttack will be SP Nayagarh. SP Deogarh Surjya Thangapa will be SP Baragarh and additional SP Rayagada Arjun Bhoi has been appointed as SP Deogarh
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.
Ashok Kumar accredited as HC to Malawi
Ashok Kumar, High Commissioner of India to Zambia has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Malawi with residence at Lusaka (Zambia).
Prakash Chandra has an edge in Gymkhana Club elections
Senior Civil Servant Prakash Chandra has an edge over Air Marshal Ahluwalia in the election of prestigious Delhi Gymkhana Club President elections.Infact,Gen O P Malhotra has proposed the name of Prakash Chandra for the Presidentship.Support of Gen Malhotra to Prakash Chandra has encouraged senior defence officials to make Prakash Chandra victorious.Election for the post of President is going to take place on September 26.
HUDCO reduces its lending rates for Housing
Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) has effected major reductions in its floating lending rates ranging from 1.5% to 4% for its housing loans.
In respect of the social housing sector covering Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), and Low Income Groups (LIG), the new floating rates would be 7% to 7.50% instead of 8.5% to 9%.
For the affordable housing through private sector, for loans up to Rs.15 lakh, the rate would be in the range of 9.5% to 12% based on loan slabs as compared to the 13.5% earlier. For loans of more than Rs. 15 lakh, the rate of interest has been reduced to 13% from the earlier 13.5%.
In addition, under its individual home loan portfolio, an overall reduction of 0.25% has been provided, in the fixed rates, from 13.75% to 13.5%, and an additional reduction of 0.75% has been provided to Women beneficiaries, and all beneficiaries belonging to SC/ST categories. Thus for these beneficiaries, the effective new fixed rate would be only 12.75%.
Pandey appointed CVO of PFC
B.P.Pandey presently working as JS in the Deptt of Chemicals and Petro-chemicals has been appointed as CVO in the Power Finance Corporation Limited, New Delhi.He is 1983 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer.
Tenure of Swadeep Singh extended
Central deputation tenure of Swadeep Singh, IAs(MP:79) as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited has been extended upto December 12,2010. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE
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.
Neotia steps down from Ambuja
Suresh Neotia Chairman of Ambuja Cements, has stepped down from the board of the Ambuja Cements company.
Piyush Gupta is CEO at DBS Group Holdings vacant
Piyush Gupta is the new CEO at Singapore's DBS Group Holdings. The post was lying vacant ever since the passing away of Richard Stanley. Gupta was earlier with Citi Bank where he used to oversee the Southeast Asia and Pacific regions from its Singapore Office.
CVC penalises then CGC, Ministry of Raiways
CVC has ordered reduction by one stage in time/scale of pay for a period of 6months Pankaj Kumar the, then CGC, Ministry of Raiways.
 

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)
Should civil Servants be allowed to join private sector for 5 years as a rule ?
In my view the bureaucrats /Civil Servants should be allowed to go on deputation in private sector as it would provide good knowledge / experience of working in private sector and also would help effectively implement the Government policies. This would also help in modifying and amending the Government policies as may be required. This practice is being followed in many developing countries like Japan and if I am not wrong this practice had been existing in India also few decades back. However, it would be desirable that a fair criteria is adopted to allow deputation in private sector to avoid possible nexus between the bureaucrats and the private sector as has been apprehended by some colleagues in this column .
Ashok Kumar Goel, IAS
Irony of IRPS
IRPS, one of the organised Civil Service is waiting for intervention of MR as Board is yet to render it appropirate number of DRMship. The irony of this service is its seniors are made GMs but it is not getting its due for DRMship which is essential to become GM.While 1980, 1981. 1982 batch of IRPS is waiting for DRMship IRPS officers of 1980, 1981 and 1982 batch are being denied their due posting. The rumour is other members don't want them their due by sharing their quota. People are wondering what is the point in joining Civil Service if one get relegated below Engineers who never cleared even Prilims of CS Exam. Hope some one is listening IRPS plight.
An IRPS officer
Stagnation is the reality in Para-military Forces
Stagnation is the cruel reality in all ranks of all Para-military Forces. There is no career policy for any cadre in any of the Central Police Organisations. Government of India in general and Ministry of Home Affairs in particular has been fooling the Officers of Central Police organisations for long time. It may be appreciated that there are more than 10,000 Officers in all CPOs which is a convincing total to have a separate career policy and organised cadre. It is high time that MHA take cognizence of genuine grievances of CPO officers and reward them with organised service and better career policy else frustration will continue to rise and consequences can only be imagined. This is also fact that in our country plethora of Central Police Organisations are working. The Officers of same batch in one Force are DIG, where as in other they are either Commandant or below. This type of incidental or accidental promotion is not in the larger interests of any one. Such anomalies are required to be done away with as early as possible.
Mohit
Officers be allowed to grow in that organization
I think Officers in every department should be allowed to grow in that organisation instead of adhocism, which is prevailing presently in the country. There are already many police academies on the lines of Army (IMA) but maximum age limit for induction should be 22 years for all (No age relaxation for any category). Like in Army, there should be no reservation on the grounds of caste and creed for induction in Police Forces. Only then, this country will be able to get motivated, dedicated and good police officers. Every CPO should be manned by their own officers only who have grown up in that organisation like in Army, Navy & Air Force. I think that there is no need to restructure the IPS cadre instead there should be no recruitment of IPS officers all together and it should be stopped for once and all. Only then, this country will be able to come out completely of the clutches of the colonial rule of bureaucracy.
Peter
Though Jindal may be the best friend of Rahul but by denying the gift by Jindal, Rahul has set an example for all other MPs always seeking this type of gifts to oblige influential dignities. I thank Rahul to maintain his unique and most essential characteristic for a nationalist public leader.
Man Singh
Why can't we outsource entire governance process ?
Why can't we outsource our entire governance process and ,thus save millions of rupees and spare security personnel for some real works?
Dr Ajha
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT AGE
YES
Alok Srivastava alok110@gmail .com
The retirement age has to be increased to 62 considering the high life expectancy and better health conditions of employees. This may be linked to the number of years of service.Those who join at at 22 may retire at 60,but those who join after 25 years may be given retirement at 62.In short maximum service may be fixed at 38 years or till 62 years for GrA officers and 40 years or till 62 years for all others.
Vijay Kumar vkmenon@sarkaritel.com
For wholesome development of the human body every tinniest part of the body has got equal weightage and importance of its own when compared to the large and big parts of the body. Similar is the case with Government of any country of the world including India who has to take along with her every person's interests whether old or youth and allow them to participate and contribute in the wholesome development of the country. So, by increasing the retirement age of the civil servants to 62 the Government will only extend to them the opportunity to contribute in their own way, keeping in mind their strength and weaknesses, the plethora of experience and expertise they have developed in themselves, first by letting the Govt. withhold their terminal benefits and use it economically and strategically for the national development, and, secondly, there are more than one new sectors coming up in the economic scenario where the energy of the youths could be utilised, it is not only the Government sector alone where youths of the country could find for them the new job opportunities. So my vote is for the PM to enhance the retirement age to 62 years for all the government servants. Further, the aspect of increase in the retirement age to 62 years should not be seen in isolation. First, with the DOPT ban in operation on filling up of the vacant posts resulting as a consequence on the retirement on superannuation/ VRS, death, resignation etc. etc., I would like to know how many of the vacancies have been filled, I hope, very few, worth the mention. On your website it has been reported that Law Commission of India has recommended uniform retirement age of 70 years for tribunal heads. So what is the harm in increasing the retirement age to 62 years for all the Government employees. For the Government employees not in favour of this suggestion may seek voluntary retirement at their own usual date of retirement as at present.
B K Jain bkjain123@rediffmail.com
Granting extensions on individual basis is denial of equal opportunities to the affected. Retirement age should be enhanced to 62 years but thereafter no extension to any body should be given. If at all Government considers extension to any body after completing 62 years then it should also consider extension to every that person who has good record of his services.
Paramveer paramveer_brave@rediffmail.com